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I might be totally wrong, as I haven't looked into the details (and I'm not familiar with nouveau either), but I thought they released more than include files?

I might be totally wrong, as I haven't looked into the details (and I'm not familiar with nouveau either), but I thought they released more than include files? It seems like this[0] is the full kernel driver source (though only for recent nvidia GPUs). But userspace components are still closed source, so that might be what you are referring to. Though surely the kernel drivers are useful for more than just communicating with nouveau? [0] https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules

sliken 4y ago
Ah, right, full kernel source, but it's really just a shim to user a user space driver. It does help make Nouveau's job easier, but it far from a usable driver.
- salawat 4y ago
  It does nothing to help nouveau, since their biggest issue is at the firmware level. Nouveau cannot reclock modern cards due to HS mode and the cryptographic shenanigans that locks you into a binary blob signed by Nvidia.