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

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        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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        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

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        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.

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        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