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

submitted 2 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev

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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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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago

I'm very excited about this because it means distros can consider shipping fully signed drivers built by the maintainers instead of this (what I consider to be) DKMS jankiness that builds the source part of the modules locally. I prefer to run with secure boot enabled, but the MOK system DKMS requires seems like an escape hatch. By default the signing keys are just another file on the same system. That's really not a good way to run secure boot.

We can even talk about upstreaming the drivers with the GPL-compatible licensing. That's huge.