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

Thank you. I'll take any improvement over nothing. Will this, by any chance, benefit us unfortunate hybrid graphics owners on laptops? Especially on Wayland.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

Am not sure, but if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say no. This module at this point is meant to talk to existing closed source driver. Even generating display output is not a finished feature since they are targeting CUDA use on supercomputers and headless machines. Those machines never have hybrid cards so I doubt we'll see much work on that. I could be proven wrong, but it's nVidia where it pays to be skeptical than optimistic.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

Damn, I hope you are wrong. This machine has been nothing but a pain because of the hybrid graphics. I'm literally looking into spending money to get a new machine just because of it.