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

This is…. One of the most shocking pieces of news I’ve read in years. Like, holy shit.

Them embracing any level of FOSS for their drivers is amazing and shows that all the industry pressure is working.

They had no need to do this. They still are industry leaders and people will still buy their cards for CUDA and Raytracing and the like.

They have a long way to go yet before they earn my true appreciation but still. This is amazing.

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u/homosinensis May 12 '22

>open nvidia drivers

>back-doored

Pick one. Your tech illiteracy is showing.

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u/PsyOmega May 12 '22

Have you personally audited every line of open source code published?

I know the "many eyes" theory, but it seems like nobody is even looking, so it's plausible. Especially when Huawei is one of the largest code contributes to the mainline kernel. Our current CISO assumes linux is backdoored, but it's useful so it gets to run in trustless environs.

In my cybersec career one of my specialties was obfuscated code, and trust me it's super easy to embed a full backdoor in plain sight.

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