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Doesn't really help though if it requires an nvidia kernel.
by kcb 2y ago
Doesn't really help though if it requires an nvidia kernel.
- ryao 2y agoThe Linux kernel license requires Nvidia to disclose their Linux kernel sources and Nvidia open sourced their kernel driver. That said, you can probably boot a Debian or Gentoo system using the Nvidia provided kernel if need be.
- bionade24 2y agoIt always has been the userspace of the Jetsons which was closed source and tied to Nvidia's custom kernel. I have not heard from people running Jetpack on a different userland than the one provided by Nvidia. Companies/Labs that update the OS don't care about CUDA, Nvidia contributes to Mesa support of the Jetsons and some only need a bit more GPU power than a RasPi.
- snerbles 2y agoThe official Linux kernel driver for Blackwell is GPL/MIT licensed: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-transitions-fully-towards-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/ https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-transitions-fully-t...
- sliken 2y agoKeep in mind that a kernel module != driver. It's just doing initialization and passing data to/from the driver, which is closed source and in user space.