Nvidia 580.95.05 installs properly "the hard way" with 6.17 kernel

I thought other users who install the nvidia driver ‘the hard way’ would want to know.

I usually rely on this gentleman:

http://rglinuxtech.com/

for information on nvidia compatability with new kernels, but he ran into some hiccups this time around (http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3363) and I approached the 6.17 kernel with pessimism and a full back-up. But, 580.95.05 installed without a hitch.

Also the openSUSE rpm packages work flawlessly with kernel-default-6.17