PR for tracking update to the latest release series from the end of March. https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/200483/en-us/ Notably with 530 enough of the patches are present in the base driver to where we can finally make a ports entry of nvidia-drm.ko. I'll wait for this update to land before sending out the nvidia-drm-*-kmod port reviews. nvidia-drm: https://github.com/amshafer/nvidia-driver nvidia-drm port: https://github.com/amshafer/freebsd-ports Review: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40168 The only infrastructure change here is that nvidia-driver now has a Makefile.version that related ports can use to reference the main driver version.
Hello Austin, and thank you for your work. 1) The file x11/linux-nvidia-libs/distinfo contains checksum only for the latest release. Is it correct? I think it should have checksums for older version of the driver too. 2) This is more to the maintainer. ;) Nvidia-driver until now, always used the production branch of the driver, not the new features. The new features branch sometimes also brings new bugs. Thus, the question is, should we change the base branch for the package? Or, maybe, create a new package for the branch?
(In reply to Bartek Jasicki from comment #1) > 1) The file x11/linux-nvidia-libs/distinfo contains checksum only for the > latest release. Is it correct? It's not, but it doesn't matter much as `distinfo' is usually regenerated with "make update-distinfo" anyways. > Nvidia-driver until now, always used the production branch of the driver, > not the new features. The new features branch sometimes also brings new > bugs. That's exactly right, thus we do not track beta/prerelease versions. It also brings extra maintenance burden. > Thus, the question is, should we change the base branch for the package? > Or, maybe, create a new package for the branch? No, we shouldn't and won't. We already have more than enough *production* versions to maintain. 530, shall it be nVidia's next version, would hit the tree when it becomes stable aka production.
(In reply to Alexey Dokuchaev from comment #2) > 530, shall it be nVidia's next version, would hit the tree when it becomes stable aka production. 530.41.03 is the latest stable production version. The beta for 535 was actually announced today as well.
(In reply to Austin Shafer from comment #3) Not exactly, unless Nvidia still doesn't update the page: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ ;) Nvidia has a little confusing names for the drivers. 1. Beta is a development version of the driver, currently 535.43.02, since 2023.5.30. New features and new bugs, usually. 2. The new features' driver should be called "beta", as it contains new, not fully tested code. Now it is 530.41.03, since 2023.3.23. 3. The stable version is called "production" and it is the branch which the x11/nvidia-driver follows. Currently, 525.116.04 since 2023.5.9.
(In reply to Bartek Jasicki from comment #4) Ah that's right forgot about that distinction, in my last comment I was only thinking about beta vs non-beta releases.
And now "Latest Production Branch Version: 535.54.03". One important note is that "Removed libnvidia-compiler.so.VERSION from the driver package. This functionality is now provided by other driver libraries." on Linux driver. This means we need to drop the library from x11/linux-nvdia-libs port. *Drop this from LINUX_LIBS and LINUX32_LIBS by default. *Should need check like below. The version is the one I've first noticed the change. Could be earlier version like 535.00000. .if ${NVVERSION} >= 535.04302 # 535.43.02 PLIST_RE+= '\,${LINUXBASE}.*libnvidia-compiler\.so,d' .else LINUX_LIBS+= libnvidia-compiler.so.${PORTVERSION} LINUX32_LIBS+= libnvidia-compiler.so.${PORTVERSION} .endif
Created attachment 243062 [details] x11/{nvidia-driver, linux-nvidia-libs} 535.54.03 Patch for x11/{nvidia-driver, linux-nvidia-libs} 535.54.03. I am using it on my desktop. I plan to commit this in 2 weeks unless valid issues arise.
Comment on attachment 243062 [details] x11/{nvidia-driver, linux-nvidia-libs} 535.54.03 (In reply to Kevin Bowling from comment #7) > .if ${OSVERSION} >= 1400070 > +. if ${NVVERSION} < 530.03002 Convention (through the Makefile) is to use && rather than two .if's, otherwise the patchset looks fine.
One thing to mention. Should we completely drop the part below from x11/linux-nvidia-kibs/Makefile? -.if ${NVVERSION} >= 525.08902 # 525.89.02 -LINUX_LIBS+= libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1.1.10 -LINUX_LINKS+= libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1.1.10 libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1 -PLIST_RE+= '\,${LINUXBASE},s/(libnvidia-egl-wayland\.so)\.X/\1.1.1.10/' Not sure if anyone could be bitten, but if anyone bitten by 535.* but was fine on 525.* would want 1.1.10 support. As 1.1.9 support is kept as below, the part above could be better kept .elif'ed. .elif ${NVVERSION} >= 495.02905 # 495.29.05 LINUX_LIBS+= libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1.1.9 LINUX_LINKS+= libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1.1.9 libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1 PLIST_RE+= '\,${LINUXBASE},s/(libnvidia-egl-wayland\.so)\.X/\1.1.1.9/'
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=67ae03d7eaf7f9fdfdd8f5d34cd623a617565ca7 commit 67ae03d7eaf7f9fdfdd8f5d34cd623a617565ca7 Author: Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-07-11 13:49:32 +0000 Commit: Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-07-11 14:00:45 +0000 x11/nvidia-driver, x11/linux-nvidia-libs: update to 535.54.03 New production branch Changes https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/205466/en-us/ PR: 271523 Approved by: danfe x11/linux-nvidia-libs/Makefile | 18 +++++++++++------- x11/linux-nvidia-libs/distinfo | 6 +++--- x11/nvidia-driver/Makefile | 12 ++++++++---- x11/nvidia-driver/distinfo | 6 +++--- 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
Thanks. D40168 updated. Wiki updated, <https://wiki.freebsd.org/action/info/Graphics?action=diff&rev2=100&rev1=99>. Someone should make a corresponding update to the FreeBSD Handbook.
Committed locally, not yet pushed to freebsd main: % git -C /usr/doc log -n 1 --oneline d8cce5f6a6 (HEAD -> main) FreeBSD Handbook: X …: NVIDIA … update, 535.54.03 %
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=b54c362ba634bc7ca080be3bfe8b05d62c8c8d71 commit b54c362ba634bc7ca080be3bfe8b05d62c8c8d71 Author: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-07-12 06:14:02 +0000 Commit: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-07-13 03:10:50 +0000 FreeBSD Handbook: X …: NVIDIA … update, 535.54.03 https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/#x-configuration-nvidia Update the NVIDIA point of reference for x11/nvidia-driver. D40168 below was for ports, this is for doc. https://bugs.freebsd.org/271523 PR: 271523 Differential-revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40168 documentation/content/en/books/handbook/x11/_index.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)