Syeed Ali via plug on 12 May 2022 11:11:11 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Open Source nVidia Drivers


On Thu, 12 May 2022 12:59:09 -0400
Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

> I'm not sure if I believe this is really what it says, but it looks
> like the proprietary nVidea drivers will soon be open source.
> 
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-open-kernel&num=1

I don't know how to dip into the code to see the truth of things, but
here it is:

https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules

I do wonder if these drivers will work with earlier cards, or if this
is only a push to have people consider their new hardware going forward.


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