[OpenIndiana-discuss] Updated NVIDIA drivers

[Stephan Althaus]

On 03/14/21 09:42 PM, Stephan Althaus wrote:
> 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
>>> -- 
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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
>
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Hello!

Reading through #3673 i think it's a bit too complicated at least,
and there is no solution for the  aliases-problem yet (if i didn't miss 
that)

An install skript that choses the appropriate driver at install time, 
(as mentioned earlier on this list),
at first boot after installation, or at any other manual chosen time,
should do the job to give the user a good experience and a graphical 
login with the nvidia driver behind the scene.


Stephan