Nouveau GeForce 400/500 Fermi Driver On Linux 3.1 | Linux Today

Nouveau GeForce 400/500 Fermi Driver On Linux 3.1

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 9, 2011

“The Linux kernel has already supported kernel mode-setting for
these GPUs and then more recently there was 2D/X-Video acceleration
as well as 3D acceleration when paired with the Nouveau Gallium3D
“NVC0″ driver. The accelerated support though has required manually
extracting the graphics processor’s microcode after the GPU was
initialized by the proprietary driver.”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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