NVIDIA switching to open kernel modules by default in future driver update for Turing+
NVIDIA switching to open kernel modules by default in future driver update for Turing+
NVIDIA have announced some big changes are coming to their Linux drivers, which will start with the upcoming 560 series.
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Personally i still got Windows on a second SSD for gaming as ive had a more reliable experience there than on any linux i've used as daily drivers (Arch, Endeavour, Debian and now Fedora 40)..
That being said, does this mean better compatibility with, say, Wayland for example ? I would like to completely ditch Windows but this aspect has been holding me back from a complete switch for years.
Wayland Nvidia compatibility will be here soon™ Nvidia drivers needed explicit sync, which was not supported in Wayland. However, explicit sync has been merged into the Wayland protocol and should be here shortly. Gnome 46.1 already ships with it.
I do not understand fully but maybe drivers need a bit of configuration too to use this? I'm not sure of all the steps but it should be here soon
I believe version 555 of the Nvidia driver is supposed to get the explicit sync patch.
Would explicit sync solve the xwayland electron apps from UI glitching and flickering?
IIUC, yes
all the necessary things are already here on the linux side AFAIK the only thing left is a stable release of their drivers with support for it, which should come relatively soon
Beta due this week I think
That’ll be my switchover point too, most likely. Can’t fuckin’ wait until they get that stuff ironed out.
Tbh im incredulous that explicit sync wasnt a thing from day 1.
Like what kind of sane API have you ever used that didn't allow you to buffer / queue up operations and then flush them all at once?
Did they need it before now?