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NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules | NVIDIA Technical Blog (developer.nvidia.com)

submitted 10 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev

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We’re now at a point where transitioning fully to the open-source GPU kernel modules is the right move, and we’re making that change in the upcoming R560 driver release.

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[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Only 2000-series cards and newer are supported, but this is definitely a good change

[–] OsaErisXero@kbin.run 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Makes me wonder if there was some critical component of the pre-rtx cards that they couldn't open for some reason

[–] Shayeta@feddit.de 17 points 10 months ago

I'm guessing the whole point of this is to boost AI. Pre-RTX have no tensor cores, therefore it would be a waste of time to open source.

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