[elrepo] Latest nvidia release [310.19] drops support for older 6xxx and 7xxx series cards

[Phil Perry]

On 28/12/12 23:04, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 28/12/12 20:56, Steve Cleveland wrote:
>>
>>>> So presumably you'd like to see us fork and rename the current 304.64
>>>> release immediately rather than waiting for any subsequent updates to
>>>> the 304.xx driver from nvidia? I guess this also makes sense for new
>>>> installs on older 6xxx/7xxx hardware once the 310.xx series driver
>>>> (currently in the testing repo) hits the main elrepo repository.
>>>
>>> That would be ideal. Even if both were the same version currently.
>>
>> Just curious where things are with this? I'm assuming the 310 driver
>> won't be released from testing until this new package is available?
>>
>> I identified several machines in my environment that would need to
>> switch to the 304 package.
>>
>>>> I'd also like to hear from any users of the other 96xx and 173xx
>> >> legacy releases as I've received very little feedback on these and
>> >> will update them if I can find some users who can test them.
>>
>> I haven't yet identified any older machines (running 173 and 96
>> packages) in my environment, but I'm still waiting on one report (run by
>> a different group that I support) that may include some. I'd be willing
>> to test updates if I do.
>>
>> - Steve
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Sorry, I've just been slow in rolling this out. As you say, the plan is
> to roll out a legacy 304.xx package before releasing any subsequent
> releases (e.g, 310.xx) to the main repository.
>
> I normally leave the first release of any new release series (e.g,
> 310.19 is the first official release of the 310 series) in testing as
> occasionally a first release can bring it's own bugs - I prefer to wait
> for a second release before rolling it out to a wider audience.
> Sometimes a bugfix release quickly follows an initial release and the
> brave of heart have the latest release in the testing repo to play with.
>
> The fact that nvidia haven't yet made any subsequent releases to the 310
> series has aided my procrastination in this case. I'll try to get this
> done in the next couple days - please accept my apologies for the delay.
>
> Phil
>

I've just built and released the 304xx legacy packages for both el5 and 
el6 to their respective testing repositories (based on the 304.64 
release). They should show up on the mirrors shortly.

I've not yet tested these packages. I would suggest that one uninstalls 
kmod-nvidia and then installs kmod-nvidia-304xx. The corresponding X11 
driver packages are named nvidia-x11-drv-304xx in line with previous 
legacy releases.

Please test and let me know if you hit any issues. I'll try to test them 
later today myself.

Thanks,

Phil