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NVIDIA To Stop Offering 32-bit Driver Support
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Originally posted by Hibbelharry View PostWhenever any nvidia hardware enters the legacy state, you better move slow. Legacy drivers from nvidia are crap. The linux ecosystem is moving fast and you will run into compiler issues or ABI issues time and time again. I did in the past, we're doing a lot of work on linux systems at work, and it was a pain. I ended replacing quite some cards with AMD ones to get a stable solution.
Oh, and that didn't answer the question.
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Originally posted by nanonyme View PostSo in other words this is more about killing off 32bit kernel driver than anything else, right?
That sounds sensible, one less platform without stable ABI to support
I suspect they decided to do some internal restructuring and cleanups.Last edited by starshipeleven; 22 December 2017, 07:26 PM.
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Originally posted by DanL View PostThey're still going to provide support for newer kernels/X for longer than that though, correct? Even the 340 series is supported until end of 2019.
Does the 340 driver state the same on its announcement? If it does then it may be as you say.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostDoes the 340 driver state the same on its announcement
As you can see, it hasn't been updated in years, so I don't know what branch will be the next legacy branch.
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Originally posted by arunsivaraman View PostLooks like R390 Drivers going to be a big one, its been in news for some weeks now with developer working on a work around for the Memory Allocation bug. This Year does seem to be the beginning of the end to 32 bit , won't be surprise if windows too drop 32 bit support in the next version
These devices will never be able to connect to a dedicated GPU anyway, so the lack of NVIDIA driver on 32bit is a non-issue.
I assume they hope their new foray into WindowsARM and Qualcomm-powered laptops does not end in a massive flop. If it does not flop hard, then yeah, 32bit can finally die on Windows too.
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Okay, so I see further/conflicting information:
Release 390 will be available in December 2017. The NVIDIA support team will continue to address critical bug and security issues in Release 390 until December 2020. Thereafter, critical security fixes will be provided until December 2021. Future driver enhancements, driver optimizations, and OS features (i.e., from future OS releases) in driver releases after Release 390 will not be incorporated.
NVIDIA intends to support security fixes as follows:Priority Level Support Timeframe Low to Critical Until December 2019 Critical Only Until December 2021
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