nvidia-patch-nixos/README.md

nvidia-patch-nixos

nvidia-patch flake for NixOS

Usage

• Add this flake to your flake inputs:

  nvidia-patch.url = "github:icewind1991/nvidia-patch-nixos";  
  nvidia-patch.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
  

• Apply the overlay:

  nixpkgs.overlays = [inputs.nvidia-patch.overlays.default];
  

• Apply the patch to your nvidia package

  {
    pkgs,
    config,
    ...
  }: let
    # nvidia package to patch
    package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.stable;
  in {
    hardware.nvidia.package = pkgs.nvidia-patch.patch-nvenc (pkgs.nvidia-patch.patch-fbc package);
  }
  
  

Changelog

• 2024-04-31:
  • The overlay has been moved from nvidia-patch.overlay to nvidia-patch.overlays.default
  • You no longer need to provide the upstream nvidia-patch revision and hash.
  • The patcher no longer relies on IFD which should speedup builds.