@alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 7 months agoNVIDIA switching to open kernel modules by default in future driver update for Turing+www.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.mlgaming@lemmy.zip
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minus-square@uzi@lemmy.calinkfedilink-1•7 months agoThis will be excellent if each BSD operating system can build and compile their own nVidia drivers from source.
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months agoKernel modules aren’t the same as drivers. They’re an interface for drivers.
minus-square@uzi@lemmy.calinkfedilink-2•7 months agoThey service the same purpose as a driver, and FreeBSD has user added kernel modules, I forget if OpenBSD does but I’m hoping so.
This will be excellent if each BSD operating system can build and compile their own nVidia drivers from source.
Kernel modules aren’t the same as drivers. They’re an interface for drivers.
They service the same purpose as a driver, and FreeBSD has user added kernel modules, I forget if OpenBSD does but I’m hoping so.