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Re:Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules by djbusby on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @09:28PM (#31348121)
And hardware companies usually have large test-beds of hardware. So, Nvidia should be able to build a comprehensive test-suite.
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Re:Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules by MuffinFlavored on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @09:45PM (#31348245)
the same way they should have been able to build an upstreamable opensource driver all this time, right? lol
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Re:Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules by djbusby on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:48PM (#31349056)
No. Cause one (hardware) is old-hat and the other (FOSS) is big and risky and scary.
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