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This patch updates the description to reflect the current state of the driver and supported devices. Signed-off-by: robgithub --- drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig index ac9ac4287c6a..d8e331427443 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig @@ -668,10 +668,10 @@ config FB_NVIDIA select BITREVERSE select VGASTATE help - This driver supports graphics boards with the nVidia chips, TNT - and newer. For very old chipsets, such as the RIVA128, then use - the rivafb. - Say Y if you have such a graphics board. + Supports NVIDIA GPUs from TNT through early GeForce generations + (NV4=E2=80=93NV2x: Twintor, Twintor2, Celsius, Kelvin). + Later architectures (Rankine and newer) are not reliably supported. + If unsure, say N. =20 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called nvidiafb. --=20 2.52.0 Thanks, this my first time submitting a patch. I have fixed the invisible whitespace inconsistency, wonder why I missed th= at :) I really wanted to stop future users reading the "and newer" and enabling i= t on an unsupported card. It stopped my kernel booting with no errors. The references I used to confirm the Nvidia devices affected are List of devices documented in the code between lines 1228-1277 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drive= rs/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c?h=3Dv6.19.6 with more human readable extraction available at https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/FB_NVIDIA.html and the code names for all Nvidia cards are here https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/CodeNames.html Regards Rob On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:02:18 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On 3/12/26 1:55 PM, robgithub wrote: > > The help text for CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA refers to obsolete hardware and > > incorrect default behaviour. This patch updates the description to > > reflect the current state of the driver and supported devices. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: robgithub >=20 > Inline patches are preferred over attachments. >=20 > I thought that Claws mail could send inline patches successfully. (?) >=20 > Documentation/process/email-clients.rst says that it works (after a little > configuration setting). >=20 > I don't know anything about which products are supported, so I have no > comment on that. >=20 > In the patch, the indentation is incorrect. Kconfig help text should be > indented with one tab + 2 spaces, not with 4 spaces. >=20 > thanks.