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

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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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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

AMD is going to work better and is more open.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Can you elaborate a little? What makes AMD more open than Nvidia now that Nvidia is transitioning to open source drivers? And does AMD work better simply due to longer time in development?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From what i understand, they're not transitioning to open source usermode drivers, just FOSS kernel modules for newer GPUs.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Transitioning" means nothing today. They are likely going to still have a ton of proprietary components. AMD does as well but the driver itself is part of the kernel. They work and will continue to work as AMD GPU support is built in.

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