Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:52:06 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 269626] FreeBSD Handbook: NVIDIA: corrections Message-ID: <bug-269626-9-G85AslMpTn@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-269626-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=269626 --- Comment #6 from Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #1) > can someone clarify re: the situations in which nvidia-modeset is > _preferred_? If it's shipped with your version of the driver, you should use it. It specifies the MODULE_DEPENDS on nvidia.ko so the latter would be loaded automatically. The `nvidia-modeset.ko' was introduced in driver version 358.09 to program the display engine of the GPU (changing resolutions, transformation settings, display device hot-plugging, etc.) and works in conjunction with the `nvidia.ko' kernel module. At the time of the writing, only the latest version of the driver shipped this module, most users would still go the good old kld_list="nvidia" way. We simply forgot to flip the switch as the time had passed. I'll update the port's pkg-message to make it less confusing (technically it correctly explains the situation, but suggests kld_list="nvidia" as the default, while it should be kld_list="nvidia-modeset" these days). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.home | help
Want to link to this message? Use this
URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?bug-269626-9-G85AslMpTn>