commit:     1b6001fdfff16cfa25d3b4bcfd415b2181fd2a45
Author:     Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu May 12 00:12:58 2022 +0000
Commit:     Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu May 12 00:19:08 2022 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1b6001fd

x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: roughly clarify what Turing/Ampere+ is

Not everyone recognize these code names, and will end up with
broken drivers on the wrong card.

Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo.org>

 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml                    | 2 +-
 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml 
b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
index 49c249600dde..f25db4912f46 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/metadata.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
        </maintainer>
        <use>
                <flag name="driver">Install kernel driver modules</flag>
-               <flag name="kernel-open">Use open source variant of drivers 
(Turing/Ampere+ GPUs only, very experimental)</flag>
+               <flag name="kernel-open">Use the open source variant of drivers 
(Turing/Ampere+ GPUs only, aka GTX 1650+, very experimental)</flag>
                <flag name="persistenced">Install the persistence daemon for 
keeping devices state when unused</flag>
                <flag name="static-libs">Install the XNVCtrl static library for 
accessing sensors and other features</flag>
                <flag name="tools">Install additional tools such as 
nvidia-settings</flag>

diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild 
b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
index e7a6a48de585..c1126b0e79a6 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-515.43.04.ebuild
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ pkg_postinst() {
        if use kernel-open; then
                ewarn
                ewarn "Open source variant of ${PN} was selected, be warned it 
is experimental"
-               ewarn "and only usable with Turing / Ampere and later GPUs. 
Please also see:"
-               ewarn "${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html"
+               ewarn "and only usable with Turing / Ampere and later GPUs, aka 
GTX 1650+."
+               ewarn "Please also see: 
${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/kernel_open.html"
        fi
 
        if use !abi_x86_32 && [[ -v NV_HAD_ABI32 ]]; then

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