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| -rw-r--r-- | nongnu/packages/nvidia.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nongnu/packages/nvidia.scm b/nongnu/packages/nvidia.scm index 3c79d5f..46a136a 100644 --- a/nongnu/packages/nvidia.scm +++ b/nongnu/packages/nvidia.scm @@ -525,9 +525,15 @@ To enable GSP mode manually, add @code{\"NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=1\"} to '()) ,@make-flags))))))) (home-page "https://www.nvidia.com") - (synopsis "Proprietary NVIDIA kernel modules") + (synopsis "Proprietary NVIDIA driver (kernel modules)") (description - "This package provides the evil NVIDIA proprietary kernel modules.") + "This package provides kernel modules of the proprietary NVIDIA driver. +Module setup can be done with @code{nvidia-service-type}, to actually use these +modules, also add @code{modprobe.blacklist=nouveau} to @code{kernel-arguments} +field of the @code{operating-system} configuration. + +If the NVIDIA card is not used for displaying, or on a Wayland environment, +add @code{nvidia_drm.modeset=1} to @code{kernel-arguments} as well.") (license (license:nonfree (format #f "file:///share/doc/nvidia-driver-~a/LICENSE" version))))) |