Nvidia Open GPU Linux Kernel Driver Soon Be the Default for Turing, Newer GPUs

Post by kentonv » Sat, May 11, 2024, 3:03 PM UTC

michaellarabel wrote: post #9

kentonv wrote: post #8

I wonder if these open drivers will be permitted to implement HDMI 2.1 (e.g. 8k resolution)? Apparently the HDMI Forum has told AMD they cannot support HDMI 2.1 in their own open source drivers, which infuriatingly means the only way to get 8k over HDMI on Linux right now is to use Nvidia's closed drivers... Are we about to lose HDMI 2.1 entirely on Linux? (I know, this is ridiculous and we should use DisplayPort ins…

NVIDIA can handle HDMI 2.1 with open-source driver as they punt it off to firmware - https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Firmware-Blobs-HDMI-2.1

Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 11, 2024, 4:22 PM UTC

adamzegelin wrote: post #6

elromulous wrote: post #5

Iirc a ton of the driver code than really matters (can someone add detail?) is still (and likely forever will be) closed source.

Anything important and proprietary is now in firmware.