(Re-sending using the proper e-mail address) On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:53:03 +1300 Kent Fredric <ken...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:04:22 +0100 > Jeroen Roovers <j...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > According to Nvidia these are former "Short Lived" branches that > > are no longer supported. > > > > > > # Jeroen Roovers <j...@gentoo.org> (14 Dec 2018) > > # Deprecated short lived branches > > # https://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html > > # File a bug report if you need to use one of these > > # Removal on or about 14 January 2019 > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-375* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-378* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-381* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-384* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-387* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-396* > > I personally have a 540M, for which the "newest" supporting drivers > are 396.18 No, 390.87 is the latest for your chip and is not masked for removal. The 396 branch has seen no updates since 10 April 2018 while the 390 branch was last updated on 27 August 2018. Higher major versions do not mean you have something better or newer. Kind regards, jer
