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Linux 6.15 Brings Many Features For Intel & AMD Hardware
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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Is this based on the existing open-source driver (https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules) or will it be entirely new?
It's being built up starting with the foundations. As I understand it, most of the work so far has been adding support for Rust-written GPU drivers into the kernel. I'd guess that they're going to look at Nvidia's open kernel drivers to avoid reverse-engineering everything, but it seems like they're not just copying it. Unlike both official Nvidia drivers, NOVA will talk with the NVK Vulkan driver in Mesa, not Nvidia's closed userspace drivers. This will likely make it more compatible with parts of the Linux ecosystem that Nvidia has historically had issues with, like Wayland. Even if they don't look at the official open driver, NOVA will be a lot simpler than Nouveau, as it only supports GPUs with a GSP, to which Nvidia has moved a lot of the magic that used to be in the kernel driver.
Thanks for the reply!