On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 01:24:01PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> On 10/05/2017 10:17 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >>> Albert McCann wrote: > >>>>> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of > >>>>> m.roth at 5-cent.us > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2017 10:58 AM > >>>>> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > >>>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Missing file in current kernel-devel package > <snip> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I've identified what my problem is, trying to install the NVidia > >>>>>>> proprietary drivers: in kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64, > >>>>>>> there is a file > >>>>>>> /usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64/include/linux/fence.h > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> It does not exist in the kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 > >>>>>>> package. Is this something that got missed, or did HR drop it, > >>>>> or....? > >> > >>> Sorry, but I really don't believe it is good, much less best practice > >>> to do something like removing a kernel include file within one > release. If > >>> they'd made it go a away for 7.0, I would deal, but to suddenly drop > >>> it, bad. > >> > >> Tell it to Linus, not us: > >> > >> https://lwn.net/Articles/685049/ > > > Well, I d/l the latest from NVidia, and that one built. Of course, now I'm > going to really worry about several of my users, who have old - as in 5-10 > year old, NVidia cards, who need legacy drivers, like the 304. > Mark, that's why elrepo packages several nvidia drivers and offers the nvidia-detect package, which will query the hardware to see which nvidia chipsets you have, and recommend the appropriate driver from the elrepo repository. Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------