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Does freebsd support CUDA yet? I tried a year back and it didn't, due to limitations from NVIDIA side. I like freebsd a lot, but for this reason had to switch

Does freebsd support CUDA yet? I tried a year back and it didn't, due to limitations from NVIDIA side. I like freebsd a lot, but for this reason had to switch back to debian/ kubuntu.

jacquesm 10y ago
The question should be is NVIDIA supporting FreeBSD yet? And the answer is so far not. And likely it won't happen, they are supporting Linux because it is a large enough target for their scientific customers, FreeBSD just does not have the market share there.
- floatboth 10y ago
  NVIDIA actually releases their proprietary GPU driver for FreeBSD! Has been doing that for a long long time. Also for Solaris.
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    Yes, but that's not CUDA, just the basic acceleration. For CUDA supported are Windows, Linux, Mac OSX https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
    - floatboth 10y ago
      Yes, and "is NVIDIA supporting FreeBSD yet" sounds like "do they have anything for FreeBSD at all"
      - jacquesm 10y ago
        Right, but the thread here was: "Does freebsd support CUDA yet?" and that was the wrong way around. So all this in the context of CUDA. Sorry for messing that line up.
- astrodust 10y ago
  Is FreeBSD supporting the Linux binary-blob format yet?
  - floatboth 10y ago
    Not for drivers, of course
    - astrodust 10y ago
      If the FreeBSD and Linux groups could agree on some kind of standard for binary-blob video drivers, the world would probably be a better place. Even better if there were open-source drivers, but you know, baby steps.
      - floatboth 10y ago
        Agreeing on a kernel ABI? ha ha not gonna happen :D There are open source drivers. Only on nvidia they (nouveau) are seriously worse than the proprietary ones. For Intel GPUs, the open source driver is the only driver. For AMD, there are some proprietary drivers but they are becoming obsolete, the fully open amdgpu stack is getting better and better all the time.

Does freebsd support CUDA yet? I tried a year back and it didn't, due to limitations from NVIDIA side. I like freebsd a lot, but for this reason had to switch back to debian/ kubuntu.

jacquesm 10y ago

The question should be is NVIDIA supporting FreeBSD yet? And the answer is so far not. And likely it won't happen, they are supporting Linux because it is a large enough target for their scientific customers, FreeBSD just does not have the market share there.

floatboth 10y ago
NVIDIA actually releases their proprietary GPU driver for FreeBSD! Has been doing that for a long long time. Also for Solaris.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  Yes, but that's not CUDA, just the basic acceleration. For CUDA supported are Windows, Linux, Mac OSX https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
  - floatboth 10y ago
    Yes, and "is NVIDIA supporting FreeBSD yet" sounds like "do they have anything for FreeBSD at all"
    - jacquesm 10y ago
      Right, but the thread here was: "Does freebsd support CUDA yet?" and that was the wrong way around. So all this in the context of CUDA. Sorry for messing that line up.
astrodust 10y ago
Is FreeBSD supporting the Linux binary-blob format yet?
- floatboth 10y ago
  Not for drivers, of course
  - astrodust 10y ago
    If the FreeBSD and Linux groups could agree on some kind of standard for binary-blob video drivers, the world would probably be a better place. Even better if there were open-source drivers, but you know, baby steps.
    - floatboth 10y ago
      Agreeing on a kernel ABI? ha ha not gonna happen :D There are open source drivers. Only on nvidia they (nouveau) are seriously worse than the proprietary ones. For Intel GPUs, the open source driver is the only driver. For AMD, there are some proprietary drivers but they are becoming obsolete, the fully open amdgpu stack is getting better and better all the time.