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From the github repo[0]: Most of NVIDIA's kernel modules are split into two components: An "OS-agnostic" component: this is the component of each kernel m
by sillywalk 2y ago
From the github repo[0]:
Most of NVIDIA's kernel modules are split into two components:
An "OS-agnostic" component: this is the component of each kernel module that is independent of operating system.
A "kernel interface layer": this is the component of each kernel module that is specific to the Linux kernel version and configuration.
When packaged in the NVIDIA .run installation package, the OS-agnostic component is provided as a binary:
[0] https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules
- p_l 2y agoThat was the "classic" drivers. The new open source ones effectively move majority of the OS-agnostic component to run as blob on-GPU.