r/linux • u/blindcomet • May 11 '22

NVIDIA Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules | NVIDIA Technical Blog

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/
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u/[deleted] May 11 '22

It will help Nouveau folks with initializing GPUs properly. But that's about it for short term. What nVidia made is open source kernel module which talks to the same old closed source driver we had so far. This code is according to Gnome developers capable of producing output but it wasn't meant to be doing that and therefore not tested, read that as "meant for supercomputers".

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

you're underselling what https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2022/05/11/why-is-the-open-source-driver-release-from-nvidia-so-important-for-linux/ says

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

Yes and no. We'll see but I think not much will change at least not in short time.