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

[Steve Cleveland]

On 11/19/12 8:25 AM, Phil Perry wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just released the latest nvidia drivers (version 310.19) to the
> testing repositories.
>
> I just wanted to note that this latest release drops support for older
> 6xxx and 7xxx series cards.
>
> These older cards are now only supported in the legacy 304.xx driver
> series. I've just promoted the latest 304.64 driver release to the main
> elrepo repository.
>
> As my test box has an nvidia 7600GS card I am no longer able to test our
> nvidia releases as we release them. To this end, we are either seeking
> testers for these packages or a hardware donation of a supported nvidia
> based card (8xxx or above).
>
> If you have older 6xxx or 7xxx based hardware, do not attempt to update
> past version 304.xx. If there are subsequent releases to the 304.xx
> legacy branch then we can consider renaming these releases to
> nvidia-304xx in line with that of the other 96xx and 173xx legacy releases.

To me, it is important that there is an nvidia-304xx release.  My 
current setup detects the model of card and installs the appropriate 
driver package.  I can hardcode the 304.xx release package for those 
models of cards to get through the install, but I'd have to change code 
several other places to make sure they don't get updated to a newer 
release (I've relied on a standard yum update to this point).  I've 
really liked the current way of keeping the packages separate and I'd 
like that to continue.

  - Steve