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*she, also newer Nvidia drivers support GBM supposedly, so this (hopefully) won’t be true for much longer
by ajarofpinecones 4y ago
*she, also newer Nvidia drivers support GBM supposedly, so this (hopefully) won’t be true for much longer
- pixelfarmer 4y agoIIRC, the blob stuff should be able to handle buffers it created itself no problem. The issue here are foreign buffers that are not supported, yet. Supposedly version 525.x will do that, so lets see how that goes.
- arghwhat 4y agonvidia drivers generally work but will remain unsupported for as long as they are not fully open source. Providing support requires the ability to debug the driver when issues arise. (Improvements to Nvidia support is accepted, if it is a general improvement and not just a hack around a driver bug.)
- pwdisswordfish9 4y ago> if it is a general improvement and not just a hack around a driver bug And that's why linux on nvidia is doomed.
- arghwhat 4y agoThat policy does not doom anything. wlroots does not accept driver bug hacks for any driver, and is merely consistent in that regard. It works for others, so it can work for Nvidia. Things will just always move slow as long as Nvidia are the only ones that can fix bugs. Maybe it will be better one day: They are (also slowly) moving in the right direction though, and nouveau might be revived by taking some bits from their new (barebone) kernel driver. But until then, swear your allegiance to the GPU vendors that play nice.