NVIDIA has released the 550.135 graphics driver, a stable update aimed at users preferring reliability over radical changes found in the "New Feature Branch" series, like the upcoming NVIDIA 560 driver.
This version enhances support for distributions utilizing the Linux 6.11 kernel series. A notable change in this kernel update is the renaming of the drm_fbdev_generic function to drm_fbdev_ttm. The NVIDIA 550.135 driver now uses drm_fbdev_ttm when available, ensuring compatibility with direct framebuffer access on Wayland compositors.
Additionally, the update introduces support for mode enumeration during hotplug events through the DRM fbdev API, which is crucial for compiling the NVIDIA graphics driver with newer Linux kernels. It addresses the removal of the output_poll_changed function from the struct drm_mode_config_funcs.
The driver also updates the build process for the NVIDIA kernel module, leveraging the CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT environment variable from the Linux kernel’s Kconfig to identify the kernel’s compiler. This change is significant for systems where the kernel was compiled with a non-default compiler.
Moreover, NVIDIA 550.135 resolves a bug that affected the loading of NVIDIA kernel modules linked via precompiled kernel interface files on recent versions of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.
For further details, users can consult the release notes and download the driver from the official NVIDIA website for 64-bit and ARM64 (AArch64) Linux systems, along with versions for 64-bit FreeBSD and 64-bit/32-bit Solaris systems.
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