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NVIDIA Transitioning To Official, Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Driver (Phoronix)
mercredi 11 mai 2022, 23:53 , par LWN.net
Phoronix reports
that the days of proprietary NVIDIA graphics drivers are coming to a close. NVIDIA's open kernel modules is already considered 'production ready, opt-in' for data center GPUs. For GeForce and workstation GPUs, the open kernel module code is considered 'alpha quality' but will be ramped up moving forward with future releases. NVIDIA has already deprecated the monolithic kernel module approach for their data center GPU support to focus on this open kernel driver solution (and their existing proprietary kernel module using the GSP). Only Turing and newer GPUs will be supported by this open-source kernel driver. Pre-Turing GPUs are left to using the existing proprietary kernel drivers or the Nouveau DRM driver for that matter. The user-space code remains proprietary, though, which could inhibit the eventual merging of this code into the mainline kernel. Update: here is NVIDIA's press release on the new drivers.
https://lwn.net/Articles/894861/
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