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Re:LibreCUDA – Launch CUDA code on Nvidia GPUs without the p... by queuebert on Thursday August 08, 2024 @02:33PM (#41194740)
Two obvious problems that come to mind are

1. Replacing the extremely bloated official packages with lightweight distribution that provides only the common functionality.

2. Paving the way for GPU support on *BSD.

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Re:LibreCUDA – Launch CUDA code on Nvidia GPUs without the p... by einpoklum on Saturday August 10, 2024 @01:01PM (#41210751)
It doesn't solve problem (1.) ; even when complete, this will replace the CUDA driver and its associated library - which is a very small part of CUDA. As for (2.) - this is just CUDA, not GPU use in general. I wonder whether nouveau is relevant for BSDs (I have no idea...)
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