kernel 4.6 and nvidia-drivers-364.19

kiksen · Guru Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 401 Location: Denmark

Hi all.

Just wanted to post my steps for getting this to work.

1) Download the patch from nwwt (nvidia forum user) from here: http://pastebin.com/raw/SEzxqaJD. I called it linux-4.6.patch
2) Create /etc/portage/patches/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers and move the patch file there
3) emerge nvidia-drivers

Hope this save someone a little time.

BugVito · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2015 Posts: 2

Awesome

Nreal · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 268

This was easy

numlock · n00b Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 58

Neat trick! I didn't know about /etc/portage/patches/

For the patch itself, I think this one would be even better, as it includes conditionals to make sure it also compiles on kernels < 4.6.0:
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/926824/linux/364-1-2-5-won-t-compile-against-latest-kernel-git-tree-patches-for-4-6-0-rc3-included-/post/4864462/#4864462