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authorIonen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org>2022-05-11 20:12:58 -0400
committerIonen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org>2022-05-11 20:19:08 -0400
commit1b6001fdfff16cfa25d3b4bcfd415b2181fd2a45 (patch)
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x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: roughly clarify what Turing/Ampere+ is
Not everyone recognize these code names, and will end up with broken drivers on the wrong card. Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'x11-drivers')
-rw-r--r--x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml2
-rw-r--r--x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
index 49c249600dde..f25db4912f46 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
</maintainer>
<use>
<flag name="driver">Install kernel driver modules</flag>
- <flag name="kernel-open">Use open source variant of drivers (Turing/Ampere+ GPUs only, very experimental)</flag>
+ <flag name="kernel-open">Use the open source variant of drivers (Turing/Ampere+ GPUs only, aka GTX 1650+, very experimental)</flag>
<flag name="persistenced">Install the persistence daemon for keeping devices state when unused</flag>
<flag name="static-libs">Install the XNVCtrl static library for accessing sensors and other features</flag>
<flag name="tools">Install additional tools such as nvidia-settings</flag>
diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
index e7a6a48de585..c1126b0e79a6 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ pkg_postinst() {
if use kernel-open; then
ewarn
ewarn "Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, be warned it is experimental"
- ewarn "and only usable with Turing / Ampere and later GPUs. Please also see:"
- ewarn "${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html"
+ ewarn "and only usable with Turing / Ampere and later GPUs, aka GTX 1650+."
+ ewarn "Please also see: ${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html"
fi
if use !abi_x86_32 && [[ -v NV_HAD_ABI32 ]]; then