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Use nvidia-open instead of nvidia-open-dkms for mainline kernels #4347

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions archinstall/lib/hardware.py
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Expand Up @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class GfxPackage(Enum):
LibvaIntelDriver = 'libva-intel-driver'
LibvaNvidiaDriver = 'libva-nvidia-driver'
Mesa = 'mesa'
NvidiaOpen = 'nvidia-open'
NvidiaOpenDkms = 'nvidia-open-dkms'
VulkanIntel = 'vulkan-intel'
VulkanRadeon = 'vulkan-radeon'
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21 changes: 15 additions & 6 deletions archinstall/lib/profile/profiles_handler.py
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from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, NotRequired, TypedDict

from archinstall.default_profiles.profile import GreeterType, Profile
from archinstall.lib.hardware import GfxDriver
from archinstall.lib.hardware import GfxDriver, GfxPackage
from archinstall.lib.models.profile import ProfileConfiguration
from archinstall.lib.networking import fetch_data_from_url
from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info
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def install_gfx_driver(self, install_session: Installer, driver: GfxDriver) -> None:
debug(f'Installing GFX driver: {driver.value}')

if driver in [GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenKernel]:
headers = [f'{kernel}-headers' for kernel in install_session.kernels]
# Fixes https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/585
install_session.add_additional_packages(headers)

driver_pkgs = driver.gfx_packages()
pkg_names = [p.value for p in driver_pkgs]

# For Nvidia open kernel modules, use nvidia-open instead of nvidia-open-dkms
# when all selected kernels are mainline (no dkms needed). This avoids
# installing dkms + kernel headers and speeds up installation.
if driver == GfxDriver.NvidiaOpenKernel:
needs_dkms = any('-' in k for k in install_session.kernels)

if needs_dkms:
headers = [f'{kernel}-headers' for kernel in install_session.kernels]
install_session.add_additional_packages(headers)
else:
pkg_names = [GfxPackage.NvidiaOpen.value if p == GfxPackage.NvidiaOpenDkms.value else p for p in pkg_names]
pkg_names = [p for p in pkg_names if p != GfxPackage.Dkms.value]

install_session.add_additional_packages(pkg_names)

def install_profile_config(self, install_session: Installer, profile_config: ProfileConfiguration) -> None:
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