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Kernel modules are not user-space drivers which are still proprietary.
by nicce 2y ago
Kernel modules are not user-space drivers which are still proprietary.
- porphyra 2y agoMuch of the black magic has been moved from the drivers to the firmware anyway.
- bradyriddle 2y agoOoops. Missed that part. Re-reading that story is kind of wild. I don't know how valuable what they allegedly got would be (silicon, graphics and chipset files) but the hackers accused Nvidia of 'hacking back' and encrypting their data. Reminds me of a story I heard about Nvidia hiring a private military to guard their cards after entire shipments started getting 'lost' somewhere in asia.
- spookie 2y agoWait what? That PMC story got me. Where can I find more info on that lmao?
- bradyriddle 2y agoI'd heard the story first hand from a guy in san jose. Never looked it up until now. This is the closest thing I could find to it. In which case it sounds like it's been debunked. [0] https://www.pcgamer.com/no-half-a-million-geforce-rtx-30-series-gpus-were-not-lost-in-shipment-and-now-found/ https://www.pcgamer.com/no-half-a-million-geforce-rtx-30-ser... [1] https://www.geeknetic.es/Noticia/20794/Encuentran-en-Corea-500000-GPUs-RTX-30-de-NVIDIA-que-habian-sido-perdidas.html https://www.geeknetic.es/Noticia/20794/Encuentran-en-Corea-5...