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NVIDIA – Driver for Kernel 4.7.. Patch for 4.8 Still Works

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NVIDIA have released their latest driver – 370.23 – which (finally!) works with Kernel 4.7, without any patches.. The driver fails to compile with Kernel 4.8, but the previous 367.35 patch fixes this (See article here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1788). Tested with 4.8-rc2: ………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.23-patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.23-patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.23-patched/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 346.59 – OK with Kernel 4.0..

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NVIDIA have a new ‘long lived branch’ driver – 346.59, and – as expected – it installs/loads OK with kernel 4.0-rc7 Brief details here:   http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/83686/en-us Robert Gadsdon.   April 7, 2015. … Continue reading →