NVIDIA Begins Providing Open-Source 3D Driver Support For GeForce GTX 900 Series (phoronix.com)

An anonymous reader writes: In late 2014 NVIDIA announced their GPUs would begin requiring signed firmware images before the open-source driver could enable hardware acceleration. That led the Nouveau developers to call the latest GPUs "very open-source unfriendly", but that criticism can now be laid to rest as NVIDIA has finally released the signed firmware and basic open-source driver code. The open-source driver can now move on with its open-source 3D enablement for Maxwell GPUs and the NVIDIA developer is hoping it will be ready for the next kernel cycle (Linux 4.6).

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Re:still a binary blob then?

[BitZtream]

And if they got rid of all binary blobs (which this one comes on the card by default and they're releasing UPDATED firmware as binary blobs) then you'd just start whining and bitching about the hardware not being open because you can't make it in your basement.

Seriously, STFU.

Assholes like you are why companies look at OS requests and blow them off, because they could do everything you wanted for you, including blowing you on command, and you'd still be just another prick bitching that it wasn't open enough.

The FIRMWARE isn't open, and fuck you if you don't like it. Don't use nVidia cards, problem solved, you can go use some other card that doesn't have closed source firmware ... whats that? THERE ISN'T ANY CARD THAT DOESN'T HAVE PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY IN IT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST GIVE AWAY TO THE WORLD?

My mind was just blown ... I can't imagine what these manufactures are thinking ... they are so stupid and you're so brilliant ... its like you're the one running the multibillion dollar business with every thing you do given away as public domain and they are some dude in their moms basement hiding the GPU goodness from you ... right?

Again, just STFU asshole. nVidia isn't going to give you their special source so you can pretend that you can do something with it while you sit around and bitch that no one else is doing something with it to provide you more free shit. Silly statements like yours come from people who aren't about software freedom, you're about not paying for the work others have done. You're just another leech that uses OSS as a battle cry.

People like you suck ass, and not for pleasure.