Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules
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Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules
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#2Nvidia module does not taint kernel anymore!
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#3> Open kernel modules support all Ampere and Turing GPUs. Datacenter GPUs are supported for production, and support for GeForce and Workstation GPUs is alpha quality.
Sounds like this is not going to be what I game on for at least a little bit?
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#4I wonder what impact this will have on the SteamDeck if any.
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#5I wonder if it is the result of the LAPSUS$ hack. This was their statement from early March:
"After evaluating our position and Nvidia's, we decided to add one more requirement."
"We request that Nvidia commits to completely Open Source (an distribute under a FOSS License) ther GPU drivers for Windows, macOS and Linux, from now on and forever."
"If this request is not met, on Friday we will release the complete Silicon, Graphics and Computer Chipset Files for all recent Nvidia GPUs."
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#6I am guessing the Nvidia is more okay with doing this because they have moved more functionality to the userspace components?
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#7I wonder if this has been in the works for years, or if this is a reaction to the recent Lapsus hack.
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#8Had to do a few doubletakes on this, but even with the recent hacks and progress on NVIDIA releasing Tegra source code, I didn't expect this for another few years.
Holy shit.
It's even licensed as MIT.
Even OpenBSD could conceivably port this with enough manpower. Adding enough just emulation for the userspace driver would be a lot easier than maintaining a complete linux emulator.
This is one of the biggest things to happen to hardware support for open source OSes in well over a decade.
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#9I wonder what impact this will have on the SteamDeck if any.
The Steam Deck uses an AMD GPU, so it was probably the other way around. I'm betting this was partly done so nVidia GPUs can be used in similar devices going forward.
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#10I wonder what impact this will have on the SteamDeck if any.
they are contributing to https://github.com/Plagman/gamescope/pull/454 which is SteamOS session compositing window manager. so maybe in future Steam Deck will Nvidia tech.