Improving Nvidia support
Hi Nonguixers,
I'm creating this meta-issue of sorts to track the various Nvidia-related issues and merge requests. I don't have Guix on Nvidia hardware to test and I've been a bit lost trying to figure out the various issues and proposed fixes. I appreciate the work and would like to help make progress on this!
So, below I'm listing all the related issues/MRs I found with a quick search, as well as mentioning people who have popped up on those threads. I did a minor cleanup of a few older issues and put a parenthetical note for a few (happy to get a quick summary on each though). Please feel free to let me know of any I missed.
What I would like to happen here is an overall discussion over what needs to happen and when. Which issues or patches are no longer valid or have better options proposed? Which depends on other changes first? What overall direction and technical choices do we need to make? The individual issues/MRs should still be the place for details relating to them individually, as I would like to keep this more as an overall guide over what needs fixing and what fixes we have.
The reward will be improved Nvidia support sooner I hope! And will help fellow maintainers get these fixes pushed. For this, we will rely on things working as reported by Nvidia users, and of course, good quality patches make it quicker to review and push.
Thanks everyone!
Issues:
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#31 (closed) (old and seems to be more a general request/troubleshooting now? --- closed in favor of this issue) -
#45 -
#153 (closed) -
#166 -
#176 -
#179 (closed) -
#187 (closed) (for steam) -
#197 (closed) (for steam/union-build issue?) -
#200 (closed)
MRs:
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!160 -
!170 (cuda) -
!171 (prime) -
!172 (closed) (optimus) -
!203 -
!207 (closed) -
!213 -
!216 (mesa-next, not currently modified for anything nvidia related but could be) -
!221 (closed) -
!236 (closed)
People:
- @qzdl
- @phodina
- @lukolszewski
- @jonsger
- @squarerectangle
- @aerique
- @maleszka
- @ric342
- @MorganJamesSmith