Compiling Nvidia driver 340.96 for Linux 4.6.x kernel

Updates Oct 2016: The latest Nvidia driver should support kernel 4.6.x, 4.7.x, and 4.8.x.  There is no need to use this patch anymore.

Updates 2016-08-13: The patch works for Linux kernel 4.7.x too.

With the latest Linux 4.6.x kernel, the Nvidia 340.96 driver won't compile.  Here is a quick fix to compile and install the driver until Nvidia releases a new version.

First, download extract the driver package:

./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.96 -x

Then patch the files accordingly:

diff -r NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.96/kernel/os-mlock.c NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.96.mod/kernel/os-mlock.c

48c48

<     ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, (unsigned long)address,

---

>     ret = get_user_pages_remote(current, mm, (unsigned long)address,

61c61,62

<             page_cache_release(user_pages[i]);

---

>             //page_cache_release(user_pages[i]);

>             put_page(user_pages[i]);

88c89,90

<         page_cache_release(user_pages[i]);

---

>         //page_cache_release(user_pages[i]);

>         put_page(user_pages[i]);

diff -r NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.96/kernel/uvm/nvidia_uvm_lite.c NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.96.mod/kernel/uvm/nvidia_uvm_lite.c

788c788,789

<         retValue = VM_FAULT_MINOR;

---

>         //retValue = VM_FAULT_MINOR;

>         retValue = 0;

Finally, compile and install:

./nvidia-installer