NVIDIA Bringing Up Open-Source Volta GPU Support For Their Xavier SoC

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NVIDIA Bringing Up Open-Source Volta GPU Support For Their Xavier SoC

While NVIDIA doesn't contribute much open-source Linux driver code as it concerns their desktop GPUs (though they have been ramping up documentation), when it comes to Tegra/embedded is where they have contributed improvements and new hardware support to Nouveau and associated driver code in the past several years. NVIDIA's open-source Tegra/embedded contributions come as a result of customer demand/requirements. Their latest work is preparing to finally bring-up the "GV11B" Volta graphics found within last year's Tegra Xavier SoC...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-Nouveau-GV11B-Volta-Xav

[ezst036]

Nvidia benefits Nvidia.

[tildearrow]

Great! What about the actual Volta/Turing GPUs?

Xavier

oh.........

[tildearrow]

Nvidia benefits Nvidia.

AMD and Intel benefit the people.

[chithanh]

AMD and Intel benefit the p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ open source community.

FTFY.

[pal666]

any bets on how many years before nvidia switches to gallium by default?

[yoshi314]

any bets on how many years before nvidia switches to gallium by default?

all of them.

[Michael]

any bets on how many years before nvidia switches to gallium by default?

There is nothing NVIDIA would gain from switching to Gallium.

[tildearrow]

FTFY.

Please note that this is true on the Windows side too. NVIDIA has already fooled and hurt its customers many times (e.g. GeForce Experience and the GPP).