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minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoNvidia released open source drivers in 2024.
minus-squarekadup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoThey did not. Only the firmware is open source, the driver is closed
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agohttps://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules
minus-squarekadup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI suggest you actually read the documentation about the things you link. As explained, the “open” Nvidia drivers are actually a tiny open component around a proprietary closed blob that actually drives the GPU.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI think you have that backwards…
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoWhich are barely more than a first step as they are just the bare minimum with everything else being proprietary and pushed to userspace.
Nvidia released open source drivers in 2024.
They did not. Only the firmware is open source, the driver is closed
https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules
I suggest you actually read the documentation about the things you link. As explained, the “open” Nvidia drivers are actually a tiny open component around a proprietary closed blob that actually drives the GPU.
I think you have that backwards…
Which are barely more than a first step as they are just the bare minimum with everything else being proprietary and pushed to userspace.