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If programming GPU drivers was not something only a handful of employees with NVIDIA or AMD badges could do (because of NDAs, non-public documentation and immen
by sph 2y ago
If programming GPU drivers was not something only a handful of employees with NVIDIA or AMD badges could do (because of NDAs, non-public documentation and immense complexity), somebody would have tried.
- amelius 2y agoThe point (for some) of writing your own OS is that you do something only a handful of people can do ...
- sph 2y agoWriting GPU drivers is not hard per se. It is impossible if you don't work at the vendor and have access to internal documentation. Knowing how to write a kernel (which incidentally I am doing for the second time) doesn't mean you have years to dedicate to reverse engineer something as complicated as a GPU