With the R515 driver, NVIDIA released a set of Linux GPU kernel modules in May 2022 as open source with dual GPL and MIT licensing. The initial release targeted datacenter compute GPUs…

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.

    • OsaErisXero@kbin.run
      7·
      4 months ago

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

      • Shayeta@feddit.deEnglish
        17·
        4 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.

      • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        I guess it’s the GSP which isn’t there on the pre rtx cards. Also, most of the stuff is moved into the firmware as a blob (hence the need for the GSP) so the drivers are not really open open. But it’s still a refreshing move

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Call me Mr Cynical, but I’d guess that most of the super secret licensed proprietary stuff was moved to the firmware rather than being in the drivers.

      • dinckel@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 months ago

        I was kind of hoping that Pascal and Volta would still be included, given how much of a userbase still has those, however from Nvidia’s standpoint, I can kind of see it? These are almost a decade old. But either way, i’m sure they have some other corporate bullshit in mind

    • parpol@programming.dev
      4·
      4 months ago

      Unfortunate for my old laptop still reliant on the open source alternative driver for linux due to how buggy the official nvidia driver is. (Steam doesn’t even open with nvidia drivers on)

      • dinckel@lemmy.world
        42·
        4 months ago

        Sounds like you have more issues than the driver. I would suggest looking up proper configuration for your machine

        • parpol@programming.dev
          1·
          4 months ago

          It is an old quadro k1100m GPU, and the drivers are the latest official legacy drivers for it by nvidia. Old GPUs are barely maintained for linux, and I don’t think these drivers were officially for Mint, but rather Debian core or Ubuntu.

          I could try a different distro for better results.