I mean, they only need to make the card identifier read only, not the firmware. Outside of that, I see little reason for nouveau not supporting 3D.
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Originally posted by Michael View Post
They started clamping down on the firmware / signing it due to Chinese knockoffs / cards getting flashed and rebranded as being higher-tier GPUs than they actually were in resale channels.
The attack vector they consider is more likely to be GPUs in the cloud. Here advanced attackers could technically upload modified firmware in a hypervisor, and use that firmware to get access to guest OSes' framebuffers and other potentially security-sensitive information.Last edited by RSpliet; 06 January 2020, 05:31 PM.
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Kind by nvidia. Dont really see the point of it though, since the proprietary driver works very well.
If you want to be a "blob" free activist, then go ahead, Im perfectly happy with signing my soul to the devil and not worrying about hassle. Peace.
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Originally posted by AdamOne View PostKind by nvidia. Dont really see the point of it though, since the proprietary driver works very well
I welcome any improvements Nvidia can contribute to Nouveau with open arms and rejoicing.
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Originally posted by tildearrow View Post
I don't even know how can those cards work using a recent driver.
They should be crashing at the unsupported instructions...
usually work with the card, yes.
ebay used to be full of Chinese re-flashes with weird "brand names".
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