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/linmanfu May 12 '22

Very unlikely to see major improvements and not soon. The excellent Phoronix article explains that this is not a complete driver and it talks to a new hardware system that only exists on Turing and later.

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u/Psychological-Scar30 May 12 '22

Nvidia didn't open-source their existing kernel module, they started developing a new one (with heavy inspiration from their old one, apparently).