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| author |   Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> | 2023-03-30 19:06:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> | 2023-03-30 20:23:40 -0400 |
| commit | 2f48124d2a3b30a94678bc5f4ae8b8c776a4537b (patch) | |
| tree | 2c92e8add99e0d7395d4bbce0188d38fb5e55d96 /profiles | |
| parent | x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: show EOL warnings in 0/390 (diff) | |
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profiles: mask vulnerable + EOL nvidia-drivers:0/390
Keeping it as a opt-in, but not truly supported anymore.
Users should be at least aware of the security risk.
Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'profiles')
| -rw-r--r-- | profiles/package.mask | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask index 491677ab768c..cd687afcfb41 100644 --- a/profiles/package.mask +++ b/profiles/package.mask @@ -33,6 +33,28 @@ #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- +# Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> (2023-03-30) +# NVIDIA dropped support for the 390.xx branch in December 2022[1]. +# +# Users are free to unmask and keep using, but be warned it is very +# likely to be affected by security issues as NVIDIA does not track +# nor fix these for this branch anymore. +# +# Gentoo will keep it packaged for as long as reasonably possible +# (albeit masked) but no true support will be given nor patches +# for newer kernels. It is recommended to use 6.1.x LTS kernels or +# older (6.1.x will be supported until at least December 2026). +# +# Major issues will lead to removal without further warning, e.g. +# if no usable kernels left in tree, or if broken with a newer Xorg. +# +# >> It is recommended to switch to nouveau[2] drivers (regardless +# of its worse performance), or ideally replace the hardware. +# +# [1] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142 +# [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau +x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers:0/390 + # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2023-03-30) # Fails to build, bug #903017. =dev-util/spirv-llvm-translator-16.0.0 |