Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 16:44:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r421237 - in head: . x11/nvidia-driver/files Message-ID: <201609011644.u81GijnJ059906@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: danfe Date: Thu Sep 1 16:44:45 2016 New Revision: 421237 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/421237 Log: - Mention that ``nvidia'' (or ``nvidia-modeset'' as of recently) can be put on ``kld_list'' variable in /etc/rc.conf as well (for later loading) - Make s/nvidia/nvidia-modeset/ replacement suggestion more accurate because ``.ko'' suffix is omitted in syntax for both of those files - Improve UPDATING wording for corresponding 20160829 entry accordingly Modified: head/UPDATING head/x11/nvidia-driver/files/pkg-message.in Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Thu Sep 1 15:34:21 2016 (r421236) +++ head/UPDATING Thu Sep 1 16:44:45 2016 (r421237) @@ -9,18 +9,19 @@ you update your ports collection, before AFFECTS: users of x11/nvidia-driver AUTHOR: cem@FreeBSD.org - The Nvidia driver has been updated to 367.35. In this version of the driver, - some important functionality has been broken out into a separate - nvidia-modeset.ko. - - Users that experience a hang starting X or observe - - [ 43.243] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes: - [ 43.243] (II) NVIDIA(0): "NULL" - - in their Xorg.logs should replace 'nvidia.ko' with 'nvidia-modeset.ko' in - their loader.conf or rc.conf configurations. (nvidia-modeset.ko has a - MODULE_DEPENDS relationship to nvidia.ko and will bring it in automatically.) + The NVidia driver has been updated to version 367.35. Starting with + version 358.09, new kernel module was added, nvidia-modeset.ko. This + new driver component works in conjunction with the nvidia.ko kernel + module to program the display engine of the GPU. + + Users that experience hangs when starting X11 server, or observe + + (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes: + (II) NVIDIA(0): "NULL" + + messages in their /var/log/Xorg.0.log file should replace ``nvidia'' + with ``nvidia-modeset'' in /boot/loader.conf or /etc/rc.conf files, + depending on how they prefer to load NVidia driver kernel module. 20160829: AFFECTS: users of security/sshguard @@ -13445,6 +13446,4 @@ or 'nobody' by default. Make sure any existing configuration files are readable by that user. - - $FreeBSD$ Modified: head/x11/nvidia-driver/files/pkg-message.in ============================================================================== --- head/x11/nvidia-driver/files/pkg-message.in Thu Sep 1 15:34:21 2016 (r421236) +++ head/x11/nvidia-driver/files/pkg-message.in Thu Sep 1 16:44:45 2016 (r421237) @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ or adding nvidia_load="YES" (or nvidia-modeset_load="YES", see below) -to your /boot/loader.conf. +to /boot/loader.conf, or putting ``nvidia'' (or ``nvidia-modeset'', see +below again) on ``kld_list'' variable in /etc/rc.conf. If you build this port with FreeBSD AGP GART driver, make sure you have agp.ko kernel module installed and loaded, since nvidia.ko will depend @@ -32,12 +33,13 @@ enabled in kernel, the sysctl ``kern.ipc Starting with version 358.09, some important functionality of the driver has been broken out into a separate kernel module, nvidia-modeset.ko. -Users that experience a hang when starting X11 server, or observe +Users that experience hangs when starting X11 server, or observe (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes: (II) NVIDIA(0): "NULL" -in /var/log/Xorg.0.log should replace `nvidia.ko' with `nvidia-modeset.ko' -in their /boot/loader.conf or /etc/rc.conf configuration files. +in /var/log/Xorg.0.log should replace ``nvidia'' with ``nvidia-modeset'' +in their /boot/loader.conf or /etc/rc.conf configuration files, depending +on how they prefer to load NVidia driver kernel module. See %%DOCSDIR%%/README for more information.
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