Kernel Log: Coming in 3.1 (Part 4) – Drivers

“In Linux 3.1, the Nouveau-DRM/KMS driver will be able to
generate a “fuc” firmware for Fermi graphics chips. The firmware
allows the kernel to use the 3D functions of various Fermi GPUs on
the two latest GeForce graphic chip series, 400 and 500. The
Nouveau wiki says that this feature will probably work on the NVC0,
NVC4 and NVCE chips that are incorporated in GeForce GTX models
with numbers including 460, 465, 470, 470M, 480, 480M or 560.

Several other models with Fermi GPUs have known issues; some are
yet untested or are only known to work with the original firmware,
which can only be obtained via the proprietary NVIDIA drivers and
some rather cumbersome trickery.

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