From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:53:53 -0400, User wrote:   
   > Anytime I do an update which changes the kernel I lose display to the   
   > big external monitor.  To fix this I have to uninstall the nvidia-kernel   
   > and nvidia-driver packages and then go rebuild them from slackbuilds.   
      
   Yes, any third party kernel module has to be recompiled and reinstalled   
   when the kernel version is changed as Rich explained.   
      
   > The whole process can be rather tedious and cumbersome.   
      
   Yes, I agree that this sucks as it adds complexity to updating the kernel.   
      
   > Wondering if anyone else deals with this or has a greatly simplified   
   > solution (e.g. not even needing the nvida-driver to connect a monitor?)   
      
   Your need for the binary nVidia driver depends upon your choice of   
   hardware. I have an alternative approach, but for a single system like   
   yours it is not really simplified...   
      
   When Slackware releases a new kernel as a security update, the   
   ChangeLog.txt lists a number of CVEs that are fixed. Another approach to   
   updating the kernel is:   
      
   1) Evaluate every CVE to see which ones apply to you. Some of them might   
      only affect hardware that you don't have or features that you don't   
      use.   
      
   2) Trace down the kernel source fixes for all the CVEs that you are   
      affected by.   
      
   3) Apply those kernel source patches to the source tree of your kernel   
      version. Some of the patches might need to get modified to fit the   
      differences between different kernel versions. Some of the patches   
      might not be possible to fit into your kernel with a reasonable amount   
      of work, if so, think again if that CVE is important enough to really   
      go and update the kernel version.   
      
   4) Rebuild your kernel with the patched source tree.   
      
   5) Rebuild any kernel modules that are affected by the patches.   
      
   6) Install your patched kernel modules   
      
   7) Install your patched kernel   
      
   8) Update boot loader to point to your new kernel   
      
   For only a few systems the above is a lot more work than updating the   
   kernel and nVidia drivers. However, for a whole bunch of systems running   
   with or without different versions of the binary nVidia driver and   
   possibly also other third party kernel modules it is less work than   
   updating the kernel to a new version number.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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