[elrepo] nvidia K1 issue

[Steve Cleveland]

On 07/24/2017 12:27 PM, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 24/07/17 19:12, Steve Cleveland wrote:
>> I believe my issue is the same as this:
>>
>> https://elrepo.org/bugs/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=724
>>
>> But I can't see how to reopen it or comment on it.  I have a K1 card. 
>> nvidia-detect is telling me I need kmod-nvidia-367xx, which doesn't 
>> appear to exist.  The difference is the K1 card does not appear to be 
>> supported in the 375.66 driver like the K2 card.
>>
>> # rpm -q nvidia-detect
>> nvidia-detect-375.66-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>>
>> # nvidia-detect -v
>> Probing for supported NVIDIA devices...
>> [102b:0534] Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. G200eR2
>> [10de:0ff2] NVIDIA Corporation GK107GL [GRID K1]
>> This device requires the legacy 367.xx NVIDIA driver kmod-nvidia-367xx
>> [10de:0ff2] NVIDIA Corporation GK107GL [GRID K1]
>> This device requires the legacy 367.xx NVIDIA driver kmod-nvidia-367xx
>> [10de:0ff2] NVIDIA Corporation GK107GL [GRID K1]
>> This device requires the legacy 367.xx NVIDIA driver kmod-nvidia-367xx
>> [10de:0ff2] NVIDIA Corporation GK107GL [GRID K1]
>> This device requires the legacy 367.xx NVIDIA driver kmod-nvidia-367xx
>>
>> Has there been a 367.xx legacy release from nvidia?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>   - Steve
>>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I believe nvidia dropped support for your GRID K1 card in the latest 
> 375.xx series driver, so you need to stay on the last 367.xx series 
> driver.
>
> The last 367.xx series driver released by nvidia was 367.57.
>
> Apparently nvidia will support your card going forward with legacy 
> releases to the 367 series, but as of yet they have not released any 
> updates. So the most recent (current) 367 series driver is the 367.57 
> release. When nvidia release a legacy update we will release that as 
> kmod-nvidia-367xx legacy driver, or at least that was the plan.
>
> I updated nvidia-detect to report the 367.xx series driver as the 
> correct driver for those cards anticipating nvidia would make a legacy 
> release imminently but they haven't. Sorry for the confusion that has 
> caused.
>
> For now, you just need to install and stick with the last 367.57 
> driver release.
>
> Assuming you have yum-plugin-nvidia installed, the latest 375 series 
> driver should be blacklisted on your system and not available to 
> install with yum as it does not support your hardware, so simply doing:
>
> yum install kmod-nvidia
>
> should pull in the latest 367.57 driver automatically for you. In 
> other words, by the magic of yum-plugin-nvidia, yum _should_ just do 
> the right thing for you (please tell me this works for you!). And 
> because future (version > 367) releases are blacklisted by yum, yum 
> should never offer you updated driver versions that do not support 
> your hardware.

I have a local mirror, and it had some 375.xx versions before the latest 
that were causing issues.  I removed them and it's successfully 
installing the 367.57-3 version.

>
> If for any reason that isn't working, the specific driver version you 
> want is:
>
> yum install kmod-nvidia-367.57-3.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>
> As nvidia don't appear forthcoming on a 367 legacy release I might as 
> well repackage the latest 367 driver as kmod-nvidia-367xx to at least 
> start the ball rolling. I'll try to get that done this week.
>
> Phil
>
> PS - the bug you linked is marked as resolved, not closed, so you 
> _should_ be able to add to it if you so desire (no need to reopen). 
> This is the reason I tend not to close bugs, so people can add to them 
> if they need (or you are always welcome to open a new bug).

I see no place to add a note on that particular bug.  I also find that 
if I got to "View Issues" screen, I don't see this particular bug.  Even 
if I search by ID number, or GRID or nvidia.

Thanks for the help.

  - Steve