Hello, Thanks for clear explanation, Andrei. I have a question. In the Message; Subject : Re: Nvidia: turing+ new open driver rpms versus? Message-ID : <CAA91j0XmuYqDMn=QV0cnbw3Hn=5XegDvsBiA_GwUcHSMRsinMQ@mail.gmail.com> Date & Time: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:29:02 +0300 [AB] == Andrei Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com> has written: AB> On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 12:16 AM Michael Hamilton <michael@actrix.gen.nz> wrote: [...] AB> "Open" driver is not really more "open" than previous drivers. It AB> simply pushed the closed source part into firmware (which is the AB> reason why it is not supported for older cards - this driver is AB> useless without matching firmware which is provided only for new AB> models). And it lifted redistribution restrictions. [...] But, this is about the start of open-gpu, right? In other words, the fact that nvidia went completely open in July is a different story, right? I understood that the completely opening in July was about opening up the development itself, like the kernel development, but am I wrong? What I fundamentally don't understand is what the difference is between the source code for proprietary driver kernel modules and the source code for open-gpu. Why is it necessary to make them different? Best Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "During testing, Sakana found that its system began unexpectedly attempting to modify its own experiment code to extend the time it had to work on a problem." -- Research AI model unexpectedly attempts to modify its own code to extend runtime (ars TECHNICA) --