Thanks for the links. I’m not versed in drivers, but I expect most to talk to a proprietary firmware at some point. Most computers have a proprietary BIOS they have to talk to, though they do follow open standards. NVIDIA’s GSP probably doesn’t have open standards. Whether the API is documented might also be an area of concern.
Most computers have a proprietary BIOS they have to talk to, though they do follow open standards.
I can’t find the link to show you, but I had thought I read before where some of the Nvidia ‘Secret Sauce’ code that would normally be in the driver software was in the firmware, and that the firmware was not open sourced.
So it would mean extra effort for the open source driver coders to try to get the same kind of performance. Basically Nvidia not open sourcing their proprietary code that gives them the/partial advantage in speed.
I think I remember reading about it in a web article, but like as I mentioned, I can’t remember which, or else I’d link it for you.
More than willing to admit I’m wrong about that interpretation too, but I remember it’s sticking out in my mind at the time of reading, as a “Sneaky Nvidia!” type of thought.
Them being NVIDIA, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they pulled such shenanigans. Doubtful anybody wouldn’t put it past them. (What a weird expression BTW, eh?)
Thanks for the links. I’m not versed in drivers, but I expect most to talk to a proprietary firmware at some point. Most computers have a proprietary BIOS they have to talk to, though they do follow open standards. NVIDIA’s GSP probably doesn’t have open standards. Whether the API is documented might also be an area of concern.
At least this is a step forward. Good read 👍
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I can’t find the link to show you, but I had thought I read before where some of the Nvidia ‘Secret Sauce’ code that would normally be in the driver software was in the firmware, and that the firmware was not open sourced.
So it would mean extra effort for the open source driver coders to try to get the same kind of performance. Basically Nvidia not open sourcing their proprietary code that gives them the/partial advantage in speed.
I think I remember reading about it in a web article, but like as I mentioned, I can’t remember which, or else I’d link it for you.
More than willing to admit I’m wrong about that interpretation too, but I remember it’s sticking out in my mind at the time of reading, as a “Sneaky Nvidia!” type of thought.
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Them being NVIDIA, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they pulled such shenanigans. Doubtful anybody wouldn’t put it past them. (What a weird expression BTW, eh?)
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