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This might be wrong, but from what I've heard, multiple GPU (nVidia Optimus) issue has more to do with GPL than the Kernel itself. I had saved this quote but I
by shritesh 13y ago
This might be wrong, but from what I've heard, multiple GPU (nVidia Optimus) issue has more to do with GPL than the Kernel itself. I had saved this quote but I forgot the source.
> ...won't let closed source drivers use shared memory with open source code or somesuch out of their belief that it would violate the GPL.
- sounds 13y agoI believe you're referring to: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/10/11/1918251/alan-cox-to-nvidia-you-cant-use-dma-buf http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/10/11/1918251/alan-cox-to... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIwOTI http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIwO... Footnote: I don't believe I first read it on slashdot. That was just the first hit when I googled and it seems to summarize the debate fairly well.