Mva nje UNvidia watyhila ngentengiso wenze isigqibo sokukhulula ikhowudi yazo zonke iimodyuli zekernel ezinikezelweyo kwisuite yakho yabaqhubi bevidiyo beLinux.
Ikhowudi ekhutshiweyo ikhutshwe phantsi kwe-MIT kunye nelayisensi ye-GPLv2. Ukukwazi ukwenza iimodyuli kubonelelwe kwi-x86_64 kunye ne-arch64 yoyilo kwiinkqubo ezisebenzisa i-Linux kernel 3.10 kunye nentsha, nangona i-firmware kunye nethala leencwadi le-userspace elifana ne-CUDA, i-OpenGL, kunye ne-Vulkan stacks zihlala zingabanikazi be-Nvidia.
Kulindeleke ukuba ukupapashwa kwekhowudi kukhokelela ekwandeni okukhulu ekusebenzeni kweNvidia GPUs kwiinkqubo zeLinux, ukuphucula indibaniselwano kunye nenkqubo yokusebenza kunye yenza lula unikezelo lomqhubi kunye nemiba yokulungisa ingxaki.
Abaqulunqi be Ubuntu kunye ne-SUSE sele bebhengeze ukusekwa kweepakethi ngokusekelwe kwiimodyuli ezivulekileyo.
Ukuba neemodyuli ezivulekileyo kuya kwenza kube lula ukudibanisa abaqhubi beNvidia kunye neenkqubo ezisekwe kulwakhiwo olungeyosiqhelo lweLinux kernel. Kwi-Nvidia, umthombo ovulekileyo uya kuphucula umgangatho kunye nokhuseleko lwabaqhubi be-Linux ngokunyuka kokubandakanyeka koluntu kunye nokukwazi ukuphononongwa komntu wesithathu kunye nophicotho oluzimeleyo.
Kuphawulwe ukuba isiseko somthombo ovulekileyo esinikezelweyo sisetyenziswe ngaxeshanye ekubunjweni kwabaqhubi abanini, ngokukodwa, sisetyenziswe kwisebe le-beta 515.43.04 ekhululwe namhlanje.
Kule meko, indawo yokugcina evaliweyo yeyona ndawo iphambili kwaye isiseko sekhowudi yomthombo ovulekileyo ocetywayo siya kuhlaziywa kuguqulelo ngalunye lwabaqhubi abanini ngendlela yokuguqulwa emva kokucubungula nokucoca. Imbali yokutshintsha komntu ngamnye ayibonelelwanga, kuphela isibophelelo esipheleleyo soguqulelo lomqhubi ngamnye (ikhowudi yeemodyuli zomqhubi 515.43.04 ikhululiwe ngoku).
Nangona kunjalo, abameli boluntu banethuba lokufaka izicelo tsala ithebhu ukukhuthaza ukulungiswa kwakho kunye notshintsho lwekhowudi yemodyuli, kodwa olu tshintsho aluyi kuboniswa njengotshintsho olwahlukileyo kwindawo evulekileyo yokugcina, kodwa kuqala iya kudityaniswa kwindawo yokugcina evaliweyo kwaye kuphela emva koko idluliselwe kunye nolunye utshintsho oluya kuvula. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kuphuhliso kufuna ukusayinwa kwesivumelwano malunga nokudluliselwa kwamalungelo obunini bekhowudi edluliselwe kwi-NVIDIA (iSivumelwano seLayisensi yoMxhasi).
Ikhowudi yemodyuli ye-kernel yahlulahlulwe yangamacandelo amabini: amacandelo aqhelekileyo angabotshwanga kwinkqubo yokusebenza, kunye nomaleko wokudibanisa ne-Linux kernel. Ukunciphisa ixesha lokufakela, amacandelo aqhelekileyo asahanjiswa kubaqhubi be-NVIDIA yobunikazi njengefayile yokubini ehlanganiswe kwangaphambili, kwaye umaleko uhlanganiswe kwinkqubo nganye, kuthathelwa ingqalelo inguqulelo ye-kernel yangoku kunye noqwalaselo olukhoyo. Kubonelelwe ngezi modyuli zekernel zilandelayo: nvidia.ko, nvidia-drm.ko (uManejala oBonelela ngokuthe ngqo), nvidia-modeset.ko, kunye nvidia-uvm.ko (iMemori yevidiyo eManyeneyo).
La Inkxaso yochungechunge lweGeForce kunye ne-GPU yokusebenza ithathwa njengomgangatho we-alpha, kodwa ii-GPU ezinikezelweyo ezisekwe kwi-NVIDIA Turing kunye ne-NVIDIA Ampere architecture esetyenziswa kwiZiko leDatha ye-Parallel Computing kunye ne-Data Acceleration (CUDA) zixhaswa ngokupheleleyo, zivavanywa ngokupheleleyo, kwaye zilungele ukusetyenziswa kwiiprojekthi zeshishini. abaqhubi abangabanini).
uzinzo yeGeForce kunye ne-GPU inkxaso yeendawo zokusebenza icwangciselwe iinguqulelo ezizayo. Ekugqibeleni, inqanaba lozinzo lwesiseko somthombo ovulekileyo liya kuziswa kwimeko yabaqhubi abanini.
Ngendlela yayo yangoku, ukufakwa kweemodyuli ezipapashiweyo kwi-kernel ephambili akunakwenzeka, njengoko zingahlangabezani neemfuno ze-kernel kwisitayela sekhowudi kunye nezivumelwano zokwakha, kodwa. U-Nvidia uzimisele ukusebenza kunye neCanonical, i-Red Hat kunye ne-SUSE ukusombulula le ngxaki kwaye uzinzise ujongano lwenkqubo yomlawuli. Ukongeza, ikhowudi ekhutshiweyo inokusetyenziselwa ukukhulisa umthombo ovulekileyo womqhubi weNouveau, osebenzisa i-firmware ye-GPU efanayo njengomqhubi wobunikazi.
ekugqibeleni ukuba ukhona unomdla wokwazi ngakumbi ngayo, ungajonga iinkcukacha kwi eli khonkco lilandelayo.