Nvidia says its upcoming version 560 driver will be as open as the 515 and 555 versions were – and will support more devices.
Nvidia drivers are becoming open source
The latest issue from Big Green boldly states Nvidia Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules.
What this means is that it continues the 2022 transition to open source its graphics drivers. As we reported at the time, some observers said this was not quite as open as it sounded. (We examine this in the Bootnote at the bottom.) To be clear, we're not saying it wasn't a good move: it was, as former gamer Matt Asay wrote at the time… and it still is.
What the company is now announcing is that it is continuing the program and broadening support. In 2023, Nvidia added support for newer Turing hardware. Now the company says in a statement:
