Re: Running open nvidia driver on Linux 6.9

On 17 May 2024 00:11:10 GMT, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote in
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On Thu, 16 May 2024 22:49:06 +0000, vallor wrote:
 

So NVidia has an open driver now that does most everything the
proprietary driver does -- I think it only leaves out CUDA.
 
It certainly has Vulkan.  I'm running the stuff now, because at one
point,
the proprietary binary blob had an issue with the 6.9 kernel.  Used it
for a long gaming session last night, and knock-on-wood, it was
flawless.
 
The game -- Elite Dangerous Odyssey -- uses DX, which proton translates
using DXVK into Vulkan calls.
 
https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules
 
NVidia says they are transitioning to the open driver.  Good for them!

 
Is there a chance this open driver will be included in the kernel in
future releases? This actually solves a large amount of issues, and it
will definitely narrow the gap for game performance between Windows and
Linux (since the open-source AMD driver makes games run better in Linux
than in Windows).

I honestly don't know if it will be added to the kernel.  I just installed
another binary blob driver along with the CUDA environment, so my
experiments with the open driver have ended for a while.

See my other post about CUDA regarding this.

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