NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules. Keep in mind that the drivers are still proprietary.
NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules. Keep in mind that the drivers are still proprietary.
With the R515 driver, NVIDIA released a set of Linux GPU kernel modules in May 2022 as open source with dual GPL and MIT licensing. The initial release targeted datacenter compute GPUs…
For newer GPUs from the Turing, Ampere, Ada Lovelace, or Hopper architectures, NVIDIA recommends switching to the open-source GPU kernel modules.
So 20-series onwards.
Yes. Everything older is unsupported in terms of the new Linux stuff anymore. Planned obsolescence yk?
Well their proprietary driver works fine for older hardware.
And 16xx
Yep! My pre-built 1660 super i got years ago is still chugging along amazingly as a streaming device for my steam deck.
Does this mean upcoming distros can have the drivers inbuilt? NVIDIA Cards working out of the box? I'm Out of the Loop.
This has never been an issue. Nothing stops any distro from installing the DKMS drivers at install time. You also have the nouveau driver that can be installed by default if you don't want to ask users to agree to Nvidia's license for proprietary driver use.
Well, what I really wonder is if because the kernel can include it, if this will make an install more agnostic. Like literally pull my disk out of a gaming nvidia machine, and plug it into my AMD machine with full working graphics. If so this is good for me since I use a usb-c nvme ssd for my os to boot from on my work and home machines and laptops for when I'm not worrying. All three currently have nvidia cards and this works ok. I have some games to chill and take a break. My works core OS for work MDM etc unmodified. I like it that way.
I realise this is not a terribly useful case, but I could see it for graphically optimised VM migrations too not that I have many. Less work in transitioning gives greater flexibility.
this works ok
People said that the new 555 Nvidia drivers works good.
Like literally pull my disk out of a gaming nvidia machine, and plug it into my AMD machine with full working graphics.
This should work already, i switched from nvidia to amd this year by swapping the cards and removing the nvidia drivers some time later.
I guess it's because the drivers only apply to their specific hardware, so no problems having amd and nvidia drivers present at the same time.
I stand with AMD
No blobs?
Use this bro
All the proprietary kernel stuff has moved to firmware.
nvidia transitions fully? that's all i need to hear, good job nvidia 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Forgive the stupid question, but what does this mean, exactly? Does it mean Nvidia support on par with that for AMD? Will this enable a release of Bazzite that supports Steam Gaming Mode for Nvidia cards?
It means it will break less on kernel updates. I don’t think it fundamentally changes much else for gaming.
Nvidia, fix power management on open drivers. Then we are talking.
Cries in 1080 ti
Linux using proprietary drivers always feels like a plane using a transmission to me.
I have a RTX 4060ti. What does this mean to me, when running Debian desktop OS? Is the driver no longer "BLOB" limited? Can we see full code at github?
(Don't get me wrong, I can compile kernels and code. I just don't understand the nuances of all these licenses. My eyes literally glaze over when people start talking about licensing, I know the flat OSS licenses but "dual GPL/MIT"? I'm falling asleep asking this!
The majority of the driver is still a proprietary blob.