[OpenIndiana-discuss] Updated NVIDIA drivers

[Stephan Althaus]

On 03/14/21 07:45 PM, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
> Am 14.03.21 um 19:31 schrieb Jim Klimov:
>> On March 14, 2021 4:33:03 PM UTC, Alan Coopersmith 
>> <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> On 3/13/21 4:32 PM, John D Groenveld wrote:
>>>> In message <d3964437-8497-64ca-13ab-c059aa735197 at oracle.com>, Alan
>>> Coopersmith writes:
>>>>> There is no way to script this inside IPS packages - instead your
>>> script
>>>>> would have to be outside the packaging system and run pkg commands
>>> to
>>>>> install/uninstall the packages as neto.
>>>> Did Oracle consider using a mediator to set the system's nVidia
>>> version
>>>> branch?
>>>>
>>> <URL:http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/manifest/0/driver%2Fgraphics%2FnvidiaR304@0.304.137.0%2C5.11-11.4.0.0.1.1.0%3A20180226T183047Z> 
>>>
>>> <URL:http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/manifest/0/driver%2Fgraphics%2FnvidiaR340@0.340.104.0%2C5.11-11.4.0.0.1.1.0%3A20180226T183049Z> 
>>>
>>>
>>> Considered and rejected as nvidia's design doesn't allow multiple
>>> versions to be
>>> installed on the system at the same time to mediate between.
>>>
>>>     -alan-
>>>
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>> I had a PR for OI that I think silently withered that used an 
>> approach similar to opengl-selector to make a web of symlinks to libs 
>> and kernel modules based on choice as configured by the user (or 
>> possibly PCI IDs?), to pick one of nvidia-XXX implementations 
>> installed into predictably named different subdirectories.
>>
>> So technically such magic seems possible.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the laptops I had were all with intel+nvidia "optimus" 
>> setup, so I never had a chance to test it myself and not sure anyone 
>> did for the PR. Another reason it could have withered was that OI was 
>> stuck delivering some (varied over time) driver version as a "nvidia" 
>> verbatim named package.
>>
>> Oh well, at least it seems from recent posts that now OI serves not a 
>> single "nvidia" package, but indeed a few"nvidia-XXX"'es for users to 
>> pick one to install, so my shim has a chance again :)
>>
>> My 2c,
>> Jim
>> -- 
>> Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Android
>>
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> Hi Jim,
>
> yes, I hope that we can improve the momentary situation. The creation of
> the simplified variant was intended to cut the knots and create some
> progress.
> You are more than welcome to help us getting better with NVIDIA drivers.
> Maybe you find some time to rebase your work on the actual situation.
> I will try to find testers, I swear :)
>
> Best regards,
> Andreas
>
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Hi!

The mentioned PR was propably #3673

https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland/pull/3673

The part of installing the files of each driver version to  to 
subdirectories is simple,
i have to read a bit if i want to understand the idea of how the 
linking-in of the active driver actually works...

Stephan