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** Tags added: removal-candidate -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1988836 Title: LRMv7: Enable the open NVIDIA kernel modules Status in linux-restricted-modules package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux-restricted-modules source package in Focal: In Progress Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 source package in Focal: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in linux-restricted-modules source package in Jammy: In Progress Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-515 source package in Jammy: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Jammy: Fix Committed Bug description: [ Impact ] * The 515 series introduced open kernel modules for the NVIDIA driver. They come with an open source licence, and should be provided as an option for datacenter GPUs: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/ Currently, this is only production-ready (and enabled) on datacenter GPUs. * We should enable signed modules for the 515-open drivers, giving users the option to try the drivers. * The ubuntu-drivers tool should set a lower priority for the -open flavour, so that we do not end up recommending it over the plain 515 flavour. [ Test Plan ] * [ubuntu-drivers-common]: "sudo ubuntu-drivers install (to make sure the driver is not installed by default)" * [nvidia driver] "sudo ubuntu-drivers install nvidia:515-open" to make sure that the driver can be installed manually. Please make sure that this installs the correct linux-restricted- modules. Note: support for GeForce and Workstation GPUs is alpha-quality, and is disabled by default. This means that desktop testing is not needed at the moment. [ Where problems could occur ] * This adds a new driver combination, which is not meant to be default, and is only enabled for a limited amount of devices (datacenter GPUs). * We need to be sure that the driver is not recommended over the other drivers. [ Other Info ] - To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules/+bug/1988836/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
