I-Nvidia isimemezelo ekugcineni sokuthi ukhethe ukukhipha ikhodi kumamojula we-kernel wabashayeli bayo ukuthi inkampani imemezele izolo ukuthi izokwenza abashayeli be-Linux bama-GPU ayo atholakale njengomthombo ovulekile, ukuqala ngenguqulo R515, usebenzisa amalayisense amabili e-GPL kanye ne-MIT.
Umemezele ikhodi yomthombo yamamojula e-kernel izotholakala endaweni yokugcina ebizwa ngokuthi “NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules” ku-GitHub, kodwa okwamanje ikhodi kuphela yesikhungo sedatha ye-GPU ibhekwa njengelungele ukukhishwa kokukhiqiza. Ama-GeForce nama-Workstation GPU athathwa “njengekhwalithi ye-alpha” ngalesi sikhathi.
UNvidia uthe ikhodi eokwamanje ayikho ebhokisini le-GPU yesikhungo sedatha yomndeni we-Turing ne-Ampere, kulandela ukukhishwa kancane kancane kwezakhiwo zesilawuli se-GSP onyakeni odlule. Ihlolwe kuyo yonke imithwalo yemisebenzi ehlukahlukene ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukulingana kwesici nokusebenza nomshayeli wemodi ye-kernel, kodwa futhi iletha izici ezintsha, njengohlaka lwe-DMA-BUF lokwabelana ngamabhafa phakathi kwamadivayisi nezinhlelo ezingaphansi, ukuthi zize ngokwazo. nge-architecture ye-Hopper.
Noma ubani osebenzisa ama-GPU anesakhiwo se-pre-Turing kufanele aqhubeke nokusebenzisa abashayeli bobunikazi bakudala. Ngokusobala, enye yezinjongo eziyinhloko kusuka ku-Nvidia lapho uvula ikhodi yomthombo yalaba bashayeli ukuthuthukisa ukusekelwa kwe-GPU nokusebenza kwamakhompiyutha amakhulu kanye nezinsiza ezinkulu zesikhungo sedatha. Cishe wonke ama-supercomputers amakhulu asebenzisa uhlobo oluthile lwe-Linux, futhi ukuba nezishayeli zemithombo evaliwe cishe akubathandisisi abantu abanesibopho salokho kufakwa.
Kubantu, isithombe asisihle kangako njengamanje, njengoba kuphela imojuli ye-monolithic kernel eyehlisiwe kuphela ebhekwa njengekhwalithi engeyona ye-alpha. NgokukaNvidia, intuthuko kulindeleke unyaka wonke. Umshayeli omusha womthombo ovulekile usebenza ku-firmware efanayo njengomshayeli omdala kanye nezitaki zemodi yomsebenzisi efanayo, njenge-CUDA, i-OpenGL, ne-Vulkan. Ukwengeza, inkampani ithe izilungiso ezilethwe umphakathi zizocatshangelwa ukuze zifakwe ekukhishweni kwabashayeli esikhathini esizayo.
Ngokutholakala kwamaphakheji ahlanganiswe ngokugcwele kanye nekhodi yomthombo, abalawuli bokusabalalisa bazokwazi ukufaka kalula abashayeli kumakhosombe wabo wesofthiwe.
ICanonical ne-SUSE kukhulunywa ngayo njengabathuthukisi manje abangahlanganisa amamojula yezikhwebu ezivulekile ekusatshalalisweni kwazo.
"Amamojula we-GPU womthombo ovulekile omusha we-Nvidia azokwenza lula ukufakwa futhi akhulise ukuphepha kubasebenzisi baka-Ubuntu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bangabathuthukisi be-AI/ML, abadlali begeyimu noma abasebenzisi bekhompyutha yamafu," kusho uCindy Goldberg, iphini likamongameli weSilicon Alliances.
Abashayeli abasha kufanele bafike ku-Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo. U-Nvidia usebenze neCanonical kanye ne-SUSE, kanye ne-Red Hat, ukuthuthukisa ukuthunyelwa kwephakheji nokudala amamodeli angcono okusekela amakhasimende. Ukuhlinzeka ngomongo owengeziwe, umqondisi we-Red Hat uChristian Schaller uthe kubhulogi ukuthi abalondolozi bomshayeli we-Nouveau (iphrojekthi yokukhiqiza abashayeli bamahhala bamakhadi wezithombe ze-Nvidia ngobunjiniyela obuhlanekezayo) kanye ne-kernel ihlangane no-Nvidia ngenyanga edlule.
"Kuyingxenye ye-kernel, umshayeli wezithombe eziningi zesimanje usezicini ze-firmware kanye nendawo yomsebenzisi futhi lezo zihlala zivaliwe." Kodwa lokho kusho ukuthi manje sesinomshayeli we-Nvidia kernel ozoqala ukukwazi ukusebenzisa ama-API we-GPL kuphela ku-Linux kernel, nakuba lokhu kukhululwa kokuqala kungeke kudle noma yimaphi ama-API umshayeli wangaphambilini angawasebenzisi. Ubhale uSchaller. Lesi sakamuva sengeze ngokuthi i-Nouveau ekhona ye-Nvidia kanye nomshayeli kanambambili izohlala isendaweni, noma ngabe umshayeli omusha womthombo ovulekile athuthukiswa.
Ngamafuphi, lesi yisigaba samanje semizamo yomshayeli we-kernel kaNvidia ovulekile. Kodwa-ke, imithombo eminingi ibika ukuthi uNvidia uveze ngoLwesithathu ukuthi "lawa mamojula avulekile e-kernel ngaphandle kwesihlahla ayisinyathelo sokuthola ukwesekwa okungcono kweLinux."
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