commit:     5d566284d05f07b56044f36e8086f80bcfb2e3ae
Author:     Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 10 05:10:13 2026 +0000
Commit:     Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Feb 10 05:14:29 2026 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=5d566284

x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: add note about kernel 6.19

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

 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-590.48.01-r1.ebuild | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-590.48.01-r1.ebuild 
b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-590.48.01-r1.ebuild
index 3540676cad0d..b0c83b366610 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-590.48.01-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-590.48.01-r1.ebuild
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ MODULES_OPTIONAL_IUSE=+modules
 inherit desktop dot-a eapi9-pipestatus eapi9-ver flag-o-matic linux-mod-r1
 inherit readme.gentoo-r1 systemd toolchain-funcs unpacker user-info
 
+# note: *can* build with 6.19 but it depends on the kernel configs, notably
+# (at least) CONFIG_HMM_MIRROR needs to *not* be set -- recommend to stick to
+# <=6.18.x until the next version nonetheless as NVIDIA is aware and has a fix
+# pending (we do not intend to patch this downstream)
+# https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/issues/1021
+# https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/pull/1015
 MODULES_KERNEL_MAX=6.18
 NV_URI="https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/";
 

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