From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE5261382C5 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2018 13:30:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C76D1E08F0; Sat, 14 Apr 2018 13:30:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17839E08D9 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2018 13:30:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([79.223.110.35]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LvVUR-1ePJF74387-010bwc for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2018 15:30:23 +0200 Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 15:30:21 +0200 From: tuxic@posteo.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux-4.16.* & NVidia Message-ID: <20180414133021.w3456o2ussrm6i7g@solfire> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20180414130016.vo3p4nyrzrwtgysf@solfire> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180323 Sender: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:R8rX/5lyQTLze6RTUDdVuGkidmmx2ylIE1m7rFayaYmvitmwvIR ZuLeCq3xbrGrqUCIk7+sC9km6pcaEp9w22oKOgTxZPfjgxkxJ0saCutTznBK/FOYOCsmVkc PhgmcTMzIYVsrlgT8e6UiF/Bw/ZSmmXsZF9SbQRibT9hhEqdwNaJq5PPYqM02SoESWY2FgK zoYSSb4eTrIFiJGaXPCiQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:EzAvm0jx4Ls=:X5bhGm/c4fmckPi1uiyzXL LQesGe0fs+dvMSHlS2ZediCGvpNmOAuGYsOXXIdZ3A6R1XqSfzYTMWhSeQRPvkhrIp47HuIXL JI6QxYRIdsFool41JqNk/XUcj1Q0HKtnBk0Nzj03yLy4+5GPqCAEI0raUzxpgNNIEslXlsVhG qaRBt3xphCuVe/JepzYqW6mPb36i0uHCBUj1suWoarmNsVPecxoygpvo3zyH8VQZA0a5378UR 67Sx4D5aJkmKKDPdO7u2C1giI2qUuhD0eXsaaKLciUG5LQkt6ubb+sPc0zlHAdPje1PTcNrRj kzO8KkIgzPIi4QmGx+wvoLYUp5omcXF5dPJZPyj86650iYyNZ7T1CoH4f0yE2RrKKhSHiBi37 s7FPdo5HKYNpoVQxmRMLIAqQJ8jPzcaNLb/T+P0Aeqtpc2MMj2tHjgL6GRASulyEHhE+Bffbr UiaXONYBd6cY4CAKDkDvP5vZ8348a6IfyT/SOi703DIiEXkYNx0eu6vwmtPhL+/5aj2aOLiDR 8nm3IPVDvMATdXKrl6b8DklhAbaPbzuhvWI2YFQmg9bvZ9hHhMMR4aapRVhMCIsKuGYR2pXDp jgX7Evpmtu5NWsG0Ijw9ABx47kOAvLY8Ojhm1UNeBtDcUpQeV+24k8AUsPeBSad74JtpAvBMJ 60RPxI2MCIakY5zxMp/0RPi9i6+fa+nV1HKplliMavDpYADaIZ2I+CTu6EeHxTUlqOJyMC453 G8jp0Vln+wPiaxB4EAd4fDolQm0xiuDMzNF/PaTKBD/+gSlkLmVuAHFFnAI9dtNvCusE20lBi vcr7M8tHNeZMqk3YRPivxANBARtkQ== X-Archives-Salt: fa42acb5-16ef-4b94-9d51-d6f2d2a05868 X-Archives-Hash: fdb52b95398e4d3cc707c974a78f23c6 On 04/14 09:20, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 9:11 AM, András Csányi wrote: > > Stay at stable kernel version, imho. There are a few people here waiting for > > nvidia with ~x86 flagged kernel. > > > > This is pretty much the reality of using any out-of-tree kernel > module, and especially the case for a proprietary module like the > nvidia drivers. They're often not compatible across kernel 4.x > version changes, and upstream projects often do not target mainline in > their official releases. > > IMO you're better off still sticking to longterm, such as 4.14. > Otherwise you're still dealing with stable dropping support for your > version but the out-of-kernel module takes a week to support the new > version. There isn't any overlap in linux stable support release > across versions - they stop one and start the next. Only the longterm > releases get overlapping support windows. > > > -- > Rich Hi, I jyst wanted to no, whether Yes or No. The rest I will decide on myself, So..."no" to summarize/ :) Thanks for the help. Cheers Meino