[elrepo] NVIDIA is dropping support for G8xx, G9xx and GT2xx chipsets

[Steve Cleveland]

Thanks Phil.  I will give it a test drive.

  - Steve

On 12/17/2014 04:03 AM, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 23/09/14 22:22, Phil Perry wrote:
>> On 23/09/14 22:01, Steve Cleveland wrote:
>>> I just want to chime in and let you all know how much I appreciate the
>>> work you do on this.  nVidia doesn't make things easy in this regard.
>>>
>>> I like your approach to this point.  It would be great to have some time
>>> in testing with an updated nvidia-detect and the new driver release when
>>> it's available.  I'm not sure I have any newer hardware at this point,
>>> but I can probably get something to test with.
>>>
>>>   - Steve
>>>
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Top priority will be to get an updated version of nvidia-detect out the
>> door that handles the new driver versions.
>>
>> We will then look to get the new driver released but initially that can
>> go into the testing repository. Provided there are no critical security
>> issues I'm quite happy to delay the driver release for a few days / week
>> to allow us time to raise awareness. We have a LOT of users of the
>> nvidia package and very few are subscribed to this list so the potential
>> impact is large.
>>
>> At some point we will need to migrate the current 340.xx driver release
>> to a legacy package. We could do that now, publicize the fact and try to
>> get as many potentially affected users as possible switched over now
>> before the new long term driver release happens.
>>
>>
>
> Hi Steve, all,
>
> NVIDIA still hasn't updated the Long Lived driver branch and we've been
> guilty of kicking our heels a bit too, but I'm pleased to announce we
> now have everything in place to help users through this transition.
>
> Just to recap, The current Long Lived driver (currently 340.65) will be
> the last to support G8xxx, G9xxx and GT2xx chipsets. So users with
> hardware based on these chipsets will not be able to update to future
> driver releases.
>
> Elrepo's solution to this is to make a legacy driver release based
> around the 340.xx branch, which NVIDIA intends to support until the end
> of 2019.
>
> Legacy driver packages for 340.65 are now available in the
> elrepo-testing repositories for all distro/architectures:
>
> kmod-nvidia-340xx-340.65-1.el{5,6,7).elrepo
> nvidia-x11-drv-340xx-340.65-1.el{5,6,7).elrepo
>
> Note the packages are named kmod-nvidia-340xx and nvidia-x11-drv-340xx,
> respectively. Other than the package name change (e.g, from kmod-nvidia
> to kmod-nvidia-340xx), these packages are otherwise identical to the
> current 340.65 driver release packages.
>
> I've performed some minimal testing to ensure they install cleanly and
> the system boots with the new driver packages. To install, I first
> uninstalled the current nvidia drivers and then installed the new driver
> packages. A reboot is then required, so:
>
> yum erase kmod-nvidia
> yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing install kmod-nvidia-340xx
>
> and reboot the system.
>
> The other part of the puzzle is a new version of nvidia-detect which is
> also available in the testing repository:
>
> nvidia-detect-343.36-1.el{5,6,7}.elrepo
>
> Please update/install with:
>
> yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing update nvidia-detect
>
> This version of nvidia-detect is aware of the new 340.xx legacy driver
> packages and will recommend that driver if your hardware is no longer
> supported by the newer NVIDIA drivers. For example:
>
> [phil at rhel7 ~]$ nvidia-detect
> Probing for supported NVIDIA devices...
> [10de:0ca3] NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 240]
> This device requires the legacy 340.xx NVIDIA driver kmod-nvidia-340xx
>
>
> So we recommend users take the following action:
>
> 1. Update nvidia-detect to v343.36-1 from the testing repo.
>
> 2. Run nvidia-detect.
>
> 2a. If nvidia-detect recommends the kmod-nvidia-340xx package you should
> uninstall kmod-nvidia and install kmod-nvidia-340xx (currently in the
> testing repo) and reboot.
>
> 2b. If nvidia-detect recommends the current (343.36) kmod-nvidia driver
> then you need take no action - your hardware will still be supported by
> the latest driver branch and you may continue to update normally. Please
> note the current Long Lived driver is currently v340.65 so ignore the
> 343.xx version number for now.
>
>
> As always we'd welcome feedback / comments from users. Once these
> packages have been tested by a few more people I anticipate moving them
> from testing to the main repo as they work as expected for me.
>
>
>
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