Re: [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.10 Nvidia Emerge Failure And Other Stuff

[B Vance <anonymous.pseudonym.88@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 15:04 -0500, Dale wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net> wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> >> However, the main problem for me with kernel-3.20 is that the nvidia-drivers
> >> will fail to emerge.  Here is the error:
> >>
> >> nvidia-drivers-319.32/work/kernel/nv-i2c.c: In function 'nv_i2c_del_adapter':
> >> nv-i2c.c:327:14: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be
> >>
> >> When I encountered this failure I expected that a huge outcry of bug reports
> >> would ensue, but so far things have been rather quiet.  There are only a few
> >> postings of this problem with 3.10-rc1 and not much else.
> >>
> >> I should perhaps just patiently wait for the eventual rapid fix, because this
> >> error is a real show stopper, but I will make an inquiry nonetheless.
> >> Has anyone on the list encountered this error with nvidia and kernel-3.10?
> >>
> >> I hope it is not, again, some strange affliction peculiar to my machine.
> >>
> >> Frank Peters
> >
> > Hi Frank,
> >    I don't think the Gentoo devs pay much attention to that sort of
> > failure. I don't report them anymore.
> >
> >    My personal experience with major kernel revision jumps like this
> > is that it's best to give NVidia a few days and to watch their web
> > site for a new version. They typically update very quickly. (1-2 days)
> >
> > HTH,
> > Mark
> >
> >
> 
> 
> I seem to recall that nvidia only supports 3.9 right now.  As Mark says,
> give them some time to update then try again. 
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.dri.devel/85217 holds the
solution to the problem.  A nice simple patch.