Originally posted by arunbupathy
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NVIDIA Transitioning To Official, Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Driver
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Well, this is a first step in the right direction. So we probably have KMS, energy management and FW loading on freedom kernel code there. That is good for a start and can also serve as a base for Nouveau work.
But then, the "mesa" part is still closed.
Well, let's see how things develop.
(And of course, it is simpler to deploy stuff now, no recompiling of things, this is basically what AMD did years before, so one can also install the former-fglrx blob easily on the kernel, just that AMD also offers the whole stack as freedom software. But nonetheless, a first step in the right direction for nvidia.)Stop TCPA, stupid software patents and corrupt politicians!
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Originally posted by hikingpete View PostIIRC, the kernel folks are unlikely to allow this upstream without an open source userspace. This is not likely to lead to a significant change in the status quo near term. Our best bets remain with Nouveau, who can hopefully benefit from this release, and maybe get reclocking working on newer systems :shrug:. Still, this does appear to significantly improve the prospects of Nouveau, and if there's an open userspace still coming, that changes everything. Kudos to Nvidia for being less shit than normal.
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Originally posted by user1 View Post
You do realise that if Nvidia will open source Cuda, it will lose its competitive advantage in GPU compute sphere? I mean Cuda is the reason many buy Nvidia GPU's so I think that's the least likely thing Nvidia will open source.
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Originally posted by aksdb View PostFor everyone here praising AMD and (still) condemning NVIDIA:
* AMD also had a strictly closed source driver before they went open source. Everyone has to start somewhere. (However AMDs/ATIs close source driver was a bigger shit show than NVIDIAs ever was.).
* AMD also only released open source drivers for the newer card generations at the time. I still remember that, because I (also) was pissed that I still had to cling to their closed source driver back then, even though they now were praised for their opensource strategy.
So yes, AMD is a few years ahead in regards to an open source (or maybe open-core?) strategy, but IMO that doesn't take anything away from NVIDIA also (finally) taking that course. So calm down everyone and be happy that we are on a promising road now.
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