From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Nov 24 22:51:46 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D64C1BE879 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 22:51:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vs1-xe35.google.com (mail-vs1-xe35.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e35]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47Lllj0xSZz4bSk for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 22:51:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vs1-xe35.google.com with SMTP id a143so8742421vsd.9 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:51:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=DPlhKpNpTNhfQ/FZM0eff5xMkzFk3WfHiWasn8ZHCP4=; b=pYNPlcLX670E0PTnQPE0m9RlbKLkmp6GnYsZkXldWcop4NQ2KOLj44DFQG1KMlibJT XZeESQUOVQQr3ALPHmNRsXOd9r+pNuMZ65UkUwoGjil1Uax1vqLOSXOuW1tXrEb5r8hS G1rr3FIIH9LLrNMTjAWa6HiNdJ0OaKSIk4vyIJIk80gduF8qV23jhgxBtmaUa6EezlDf dBHx7bmrofEodHh7At4LYS0ROVk1URt2B8HgXfsxhbYIGQUtCBCXZWviHR7iZMgO/5sn G6svIpXk8+ND9BFwhMH2MyespGMv0QyGMCVq9wiwFiR0Lyxz2/IXNViovhiLwk5PUAJe 0WYA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=DPlhKpNpTNhfQ/FZM0eff5xMkzFk3WfHiWasn8ZHCP4=; b=VnR5gRl9MryBa7BE86FbKm77yNkIsE8soaFQHs98jLAnmv/IAxbr2vdQmrWslMtHCJ katzqtrqOUAbW5ehVTnsRiLsHJ0+oJ+qcWV8bdp99O6HJJZD4QXmy9pyGxnyY1VY6BjJ NhIqbgLB5rHww3n8vbmuD9k43vRrLNi2mCuyxiaOvR+SR0af05rUbYECoK1xNTKUPp6K gCEVqGLy4CQZVmTDB3nXx9QHhuf2T1WeD5QQTHiidzvpX2KdVusjI/PNliVScF7xB3xz zdCa83+dhbO86wuSL02hL4B+7TIKh31p2bPrrm+wvkfKyKHvhu0ogTH6KlSOvkxKZLEK S3aw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU77iybai8WIOp/ZLMHHX8MjM10f8E5Mqd5RpguhzIkft14JiQL kXdDbK0/mwwNWbHaPq0r7JoCTnVUC+btow2MnGDI+g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwHtxfh1habu0wvHxY3UbvrQKsOkPZRF+fRsMdJIl/CCDIXLRcthr9N4W8REiwWQ2DAhX/Y/C2T8CqtZ+qkzv0= X-Received: by 2002:a67:d802:: with SMTP id e2mr19135824vsj.221.1574635903564; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:51:43 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Patrick Mahan Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:51:32 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Ports nvidia driver vs NVIDIA provided driver To: User Questions X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47Lllj0xSZz4bSk X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=pYNPlcLX; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of plmahan@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::e35 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=plmahan@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (-9.03), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-2.28), asn: 15169(-1.96), country: US(-0.05)]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[5.3.e.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 22:51:46 -0000 I have an older GeForce GTS 450. For years after every OS upgrade I have unpacked the latest tar file from NVIDIA that contains the driver supporting my graphics card, built and installed and keep on going. Now, once I upgraded to 12.1 the default compiler is clang, not gcc. And not surprisingly the rebuild of the driver is failing. A couple of questions: First, should I stay with the code from Nvidia or go with the Nvidia support in the X11 packages? Secondly, has anyone successfully built the Nvidia FreeBSD x86_64 390.116 driver on FreeBSD 12.1? With clang or gcc? Just trying to make my life easier :-) Patrick