[elrepo] Kernel required for latest kmod

[Phil Perry]

On 03/04/2019 05:21, aaronhcarr at gmail.com wrote:
> What's the kernel version required for kmod-nvidia.x86_64                
>          418.56-1.el7_6.elrepo?
> 
> I saw that when doing a CentOS 7.5 installation, that default kernel was 
> not new enough.
> 

Correct. The latest kmod-nvidia package requires a kernel from el7.6 
(e.g, 3.10.0-957.el7 or above).

This is reflected in the package release string (.el7_6.elrepo).

Red Hat typically updates their kernel ABI at each point release which 
tends to break backward compatibility with the nvidia driver. Typically, 
the nvidia driver is only compatible within a single point release 
series (e.g, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 etc) and needs to be rebuilt for each new 
point release.

Hope this helps,

Phil