yum packaging dkms nvidia

Overview

Packaging templates using DKMS on yum and dnf based Linux distros to manage NVIDIA driver kernel module compilation.

For pre-compiled packaging see: yum-packaging-precompiled-kmod

The main branch contains this README and a sample build script. The .spec and .conf files can be found in the appropriate rhel7, rhel8, and fedora branches.

Deliverables

This repo contains the .spec file(s) used to build the following RPM packages:

note: XXX is the first . delimited field in the driver version, ex: 460 in 460.32.03

RHEL8 or Fedora streams: latest-dkms and XXX-dkms

kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-${version}-${rel}.${dist}.${arch}.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-460.32.03-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-460.27.04-1.fc33.x86_64.rpm

RHEL7 flavor: latest-dkms

kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-${version}-${rel}.${dist}.${arch}.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-460.32.03-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Open GPU Kernel Modules streams available in 515 and newer: open-dkms and XXX-open

kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-${version}-${rel}.${dist}.${arch}.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-515.48.07-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-515.43.04-1.fc35.x86_64.rpm

The latest and latest-dkms streams/flavors always update to the highest versioned driver, while the XXX and XXX-dkms streams/flavors lock driver updates to the specified driver branch.

note: XXX-dkms is not available for RHEL7

These packages can be used in place of their equivalent pre-compiled packages:

RHEL8 or Fedora streams: latest and XXX

kmod-nvidia-${driver}-${kernel}-${driver}-${rel}.${dist}.${arch}.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-460.32.03-4.18.0-240.15.1-460.32.03-3.el8_3.x86_64.rpm

RHEL7 flavor: latest

kmod-nvidia-latest-${kernel}.r${driver}.${dist}.${arch}.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-latest-3.10.0-1160.15.2.r460.32.03.el7.x86_64.rpm

RHEL7 flavor: branch-XXX

kmod-nvidia-branch-XXX-${kernel}.r${driver}.${dist}.${arch}.rpm
> ex: kmod-nvidia-branch-460-3.10.0-1160.r460.32.03.el7.x86_64.rpm

Prerequisites

Clone this git repository:

Supported branches: rhel7, rhel8 & fedora

git clone -b ${branch} https://github.com/NVIDIA/yum-packaging-dkms-nvidia
> ex: git clone -b rhel8 https://github.com/NVIDIA/yum-packaging-dkms-nvidia

Install build dependencies

# Packaging
yum install rpm-build dkms

# Optional: compile open kernel modules from source
yum install g++

Building with script

Fetch script from `main` branch

cd yum-packaging-dkms-nvidia
git checkout remotes/origin/main -- build.sh

Usage

./build.sh path/to/*.run
> ex: time ./build.sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.102.04.run

Building Manually (legacy modules)

Generate tarball from runfile

note: architecture is x86_64, ppc64le, or aarch64 (sbsa)

version="450.102.04"
sh NVIDIA-Linux-${arch}-${version}.run --extract-only --target extract
mkdir nvidia-kmod-${version}-${arch}
mv extract/kernel nvidia-kmod-${version}-${arch}/
tar -cJf nvidia-kmod-${version}-${arch}.tar.xz nvidia-kmod-${version}-${arch}

Packaging (`dnf` distros)

note: fedora & rhel8-based distros

mkdir BUILD BUILDROOT RPMS SRPMS SOURCES SPECS
cp dkms-nvidia.conf SOURCES/
cp nvidia-kmod-${version}-${arch}.tar.xz SOURCES/
cp dkms-nvidia.spec SPECS/

rpmbuild \
    --define "%_topdir $(pwd)" \
    --define "debug_package %{nil}" \
    --define "version $version" \
    --define "epoch 3" \
    --target "${arch}" \
    -v -bb SPECS/dkms-nvidia.spec

Packaging (`yum` distros)

note: rhel7-based distros

mkdir BUILD BUILDROOT RPMS SRPMS SOURCES SPECS
cp dkms-nvidia.conf SOURCES/
cp nvidia-kmod-${version}-${arch}.tar.xz SOURCES/
cp dkms-nvidia.spec SPECS/

# latest-dkms
rpmbuild \
    --define "%_topdir $(pwd)" \
    --define "debug_package %{nil}" \
    --define "version $version" \
    --define "driver_branch latest-dkms" \
    --define "is_dkms 1" \
    --define "is_latest 1" \
    --define "epoch 3" \
    --target "${arch}" \
    -v -bb SPECS/dkms-nvidia.spec

note: to build kmod-nvidia-branch-XXX and kmod-nvidia-latest packages see yum-packaging-precompiled-kmod

Building Manually (open modules)

Generate input

note: architecture is x86_64, or aarch64 (sbsa)

Use runfile

This method uses pre-build nvidia.o and nvidia-drm.o modules included with the NVIDIA driver runfile

version="515.48.07"
sh NVIDIA-Linux-${arch}-${version}.run --extract-only --target extract
mkdir nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}
mv extract/kernel-open nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}/
tar -cJf nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}.tar.xz nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}

or

Use NVIDIA-kernel-module-source tarball

This method builds nvidia.o and nvidia-drm.o modules from NVIDIA-kernel-module-source*.tar.xz

Compile from source code

version="515.48.07"
tar -xf NVIDIA-kernel-module-source-${version}.tar.xz
cd NVIDIA-kernel-module-source-${version}
make -j6 modules

Copy .o modules to expected location (work-in-progress)

rm -f kernel-open/nvidia/nv-kernel.o_binary &&
cp -av src/nvidia/_out/Linux_${arch}/nv-kernel.o kernel-open/nvidia/nv-kernel.o_binary
rm -f kernel-open/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-kernel.o_binary &&
cp -av src/nvidia-modeset/_out/Linux_${arch}/nv-modeset-kernel.o kernel-open/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-kernel.o_binary

Create input tarball

cd ..
mkdir nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}
mv NVIDIA-kernel-module-source-${version}/kernel-open nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}/
tar -cJf nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}.tar.xz nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}

Packaging (open modules)

mkdir BUILD BUILDROOT RPMS SRPMS SOURCES SPECS
cp dkms-nvidia.conf SOURCES/
cp nvidia-open-kmod-${version}-${arch}.tar.xz SOURCES/
cp NVIDIA-kernel-module-source-${version}.tar.xz SOURCES/
cp dkms-open-nvidia.spec SPECS/

rpmbuild \
    --define "%_topdir $(pwd)" \
    --define "debug_package %{nil}" \
    --define "version $version" \
    --define "epoch 3" \
    --target "${arch}" \
    -v -bb SPECS/dkms-open-nvidia.spec

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit History 189 Commits
CONTRIBUTING		CONTRIBUTING
CONTRIBUTING.md		CONTRIBUTING.md
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
build.sh		build.sh
dkms-nvidia.conf		dkms-nvidia.conf
dkms-nvidia.spec		dkms-nvidia.spec
dkms-open-nvidia.spec		dkms-open-nvidia.spec

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Deliverables

Prerequisites

Clone this git repository:

Install build dependencies

Building with script

Fetch script from main branch

Usage

Building Manually (legacy modules)

Generate tarball from runfile

Packaging (dnf distros)

Packaging (yum distros)

Building Manually (open modules)

Generate input

Use runfile

Use NVIDIA-kernel-module-source tarball

Packaging (open modules)

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