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Please don't flag this package out-of-date unless a new version has been released by NVIDIA.

The DKMS package guidelines are explicit that linux-headers should not be a dependency of any DKMS package.

As a concrete example of why including that as a hard dependency is a bad idea, what happens when linux is not an installed kernel?

PACKAGE NEEDS LONG TERM MAINTAINER

I have adopted the 390xx packages to keep them secure. I do not run any 390xx hardware so will not notice any breakages and cannot test any changes.

Until such time as someone else steps up to maintain these packages - ideally someone who actually has 390xx hardware - I have to rely on you to tell me what changes are needed.

Don't expect a response if you post only "this doesn't work", and do not email me to complain about the package not working!

Use this forum thread for discussion: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1946926

A binary package is also available in my kernel-lts unofficial user repository.

I've just integrated canolucas' patch, thanks to him and to everyone who tested the patch!

@canolucas patch worked perfectly. Just did the linux-6.6.1 update, dkms built the module without complaint, on reboot, the display is up and running. Let's hope 6.7 is as tame. Great job!

@canolucas - thanks for your and Ike Devolder's efforts. nvidia-390xx-utils now compiles, installs and operates correctly against 6.6.0-arch1-1.

As a heads up to everyone, if you are going use Ike's new PKGBUILD, note the file verification change from b2sums in the current version versus sha512sums in the new version.

Cheers

@air-g4p looks like your build failed because of the error: ‘drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd’ undeclared. You need to apply the patch correctly or manually remove the following line from nvidia-drm-drv.c (line 708 aprox) .prime_handle_to_fd = drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd,

Here is a working PKGBUILD for reference: https://gitlab.com/herecura/packages/nvidia-390xx-dkms/

Appreciate the 6.6 patch efforts, but for me it fails this way:

==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.6.0-arch1-1
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.6.0-arch1-1 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/make.log for more information.
==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.6.0-arch1-1' exited 10

make.log, here:

http://ix.io/4KUR

Please let me know if you spot the issue.

Cheers

@drankinatty @Wargoth That's awesome news, thanks for the feedback. I also tested it using the latest kernel from core-testing, its working fine so far. If no other changes are needed, I think we are ready for pushing to git. Please comment if you think otherwise or if any compilation fails.

This patch version works for me. Kernel 6.6

diff --ignore-space-change --unified --recursive --no-dereference a/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c b/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c
--- a/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c  
+++ b/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c  
@@ -700,8 +700,11 @@

     .ioctls                 = nv_drm_ioctls,
     .num_ioctls             = ARRAY_SIZE(nv_drm_ioctls),
-
+// Rel. commit "drm/prime: Unexport helpers for fd/handle conversion" (Thomas Zimmermann, 20 Jun 2023)
+// This function is no longer exported, but leaving it to NULL is equivalent
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(6, 6, 0)
     .prime_handle_to_fd     = drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd,
+#endif

 #if defined(NV_DRM_DRIVER_HAS_GEM_PRIME_CALLBACKS)
     .gem_prime_export       = nv_drm_gem_prime_export,

Thank you @canolucas. I built nvidia-390xx-utils-390.157 incorporating the patch and the actual build went fine (under the 6.5 kernel) will have to wait until the 6.6 package moves to core. The box I have the card in is a server and it is hard to take it off-line to roll in the full core-testing update to pull in the 6.6 kernel before it is released. If I can find a dead time I'll try.

If the only change is fd/handle conversion no longer being exported, then the 6.6 kernel driver should build fine with the driver. Glad it isn't major open-heart surgery.

Just uploaded a tentative fix for linux 6.6, however I couldn't test it yet. Please let us know if anyone has the time to test it, otherwise I'll try to test it during the weekend. https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/d0b21ec8d3d4

It's that time again... The King Penguin has just release the 6.6 kernel. Time to start keeping eyes open for patches. (we could always hope it will just work as is -- but experience has shown we will need to scramble to patch when Arch provides the 6.6 update...) Any favorite places to watch?

(update: linux-6.6 just hit the Arch core-testing repo)