commit: cd80aaabf8c12df96b24604a05c6e3aee4980ec1
Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri May 30 09:33:18 2025 +0000
Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri May 30 09:40:38 2025 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=cd80aaab
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: reword hybrid laptop warning a bit
To make it clearer that not necessarily every hybrid laptop
users are affected, and what the symptoms would be.
Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo.org>
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild
b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild
index b0e3822bde7a..0f65ededddbe 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild
@@ -604,11 +604,12 @@ pkg_postinst() {
ewarn
ewarn "WARNING:"
ewarn
- ewarn "*If* using a hybrid Intel+NVIDIA laptop, be warned that
several users"
- ewarn "have reported issues where the GSP firmware fails to
initialize when"
- ewarn "USE=kernel-open is enabled with ${PN}-575.x. If
affected,"
- ewarn "either try to disable the USE or stick to ${PN}-570.x
for now."
- ewarn "Note that blackwell cards (aka 50xx+) require
USE=kernel-open, so"
- ewarn "downgrading will be the only option there for now."
+ ewarn "*If* using a hybrid Intel+NVIDIA laptop, be warned that
users have"
+ ewarn "reported that the GSP firmware could fail to initialize
(for some"
+ ewarn "setups) when USE=kernel-open is enabled with
${PN}-575.x."
+ ewarn "*If* X/wayland fails to come up and boot messages have
GSP errors,"
+ ewarn "try to either disable USE=kernel-open or stay on
${PN}-570.x"
+ ewarn "for now. Note that blackwell cards (aka 50xx+) require
USE=kernel-open,"
+ ewarn "so downgrading will be the only option there for now."
fi
}
