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0 pointsprox4y ago0 comments

What would the practical effect be for me as a user, say I render in Blender, or I play a few intensive 3d games?

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Currently, you rely on Nvidia to keep the drivers up to date and working with the kernel you use in your OS.

If the drivers aren't upstream, a future kernel can break them. So if you update your OS, it might no longer support your GPU without installing an alternative. Nvidia are responsible for getting this fixed in a timely manner.

If the drivers are upstream, then people aren't allowed to break them when they make changes to the kernel. There should never be a kernel or OS upgrade that causes the drivers to no longer work, the people who made the breaking change are responsible for fixing it before it gets released to you.

proxOP3y ago

Thanks, so it means a better out of the box stability for end users.

worthless-trash3y ago

And when you update your kernel, you wont need to recompile the kernel modules every time.

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