If this is true I am giving nVidia the finger... The thumb that is!
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NVIDIA Transitioning To Official, Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Driver
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Originally posted by oleid View PostThis is great news! Yet, personally I don't see what really changes for the end users (except for the new features), if the source doesn't live *inside* the kernel.
I mean, we could compile NVidia source since ages. Maybe you can help me see the light, too?
That said, this removes features that are in the nvidia binary blob. Nvidia claims that those features will be added in the future. I am going to wait and see since I want both gsync and power management before I adopt this.
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Originally posted by chithanh View PostI'd personally wait and watch how this is going to unfold.
Remember that with NVidia's last open source graphics driver, they basically gave the kernel community the finger at every opportunity.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...ouveau-XDC2017
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Originally posted by waxhead View PostIf this is true I am giving nVidia the finger... The thumb that is!
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It's finally open source after Linus and Lapsus$ but can you actually compile it and run it on the hardware that you bought with your own money?
Edit: I see you can use the proprietary gsp.bin firmware along with the user-space driver.Last edited by Jabberwocky; 11 May 2022, 04:51 PM.
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Very nice. My guess is that eventually Nouvue (I hate this unspellable name BTW) will depend on this open kernel modules and start competing against the closed user space libs in terms of features and performance, and eventually what happened on AMD's side is likely to happen with nVidia as well.
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