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NVIDIA Provides Open-Source Tegra K1 Support In Nouveau
The scope of this work is strictly limited to Tegra and we do not have any plan to work on user-space support. So do not uninstall that proprietary driver just yet.
Well? In that case DO NOT INSTALL THAT PROPRIETARY GPU JUST YET
They already said they were looking at it, but just like with AMD's DPM, there are a lot of things to do legal and technical review for.
I know what they said, and your interpretation seems a lot more positive than mine was. They basically said to assume it won't ever happen, but hey, we'll take a look and see.
IIRC, Intel had problems with some of their chipsets using PowerVR because it was closed and they were unable to release free drivers for it. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm almost sure there actually were articles here about that.
Anyway, Mali doesn't offer a free driver (I mean, their manufacturers, I know there's an unofficial one), the same for other common brand, I forgot its name, but there are articles in Phoronix about the unofficial one.
Tegra K1 = dubious advertising !
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2.5x performance lead over the A7 ...ok.. but.. TDP not mentioned in this scenario.
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A7 + same power envelope = K1 win ???? .... Tegra 4 says no !!!
I know what they said, and your interpretation seems a lot more positive than mine was. They basically said to assume it won't ever happen, but hey, we'll take a look and see.
AMD also had huge disclaimers about DPM possibly never happening. But it happened.
Part of me hopes Nvidia is starting to see the light, but it honestly looks like this is just beneficial to Nvidia, not the users.
These are baby steps, but I guess you have to start somewhere.
Actually, I'm a bit suprised about this move. I had expected that if NVidia ever decided to write a fully featured open source driver, they would choose a full frontal approach with dozens of full-time developers writing most of the code themselves. Instead, there is just one developer whose actions appear to be merely tolerated by management.
Well? In that case DO NOT INSTALL THAT PROPRIETARY GPU JUST YET
If I understand the article correctly, the Tegra K1 patch brings open source support for that SoC to the level of the PowerVR based Intel Atoms (Poulsbo/GMA500/600/3600).
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