It’s about control. Nvidia doesn’t want the kernel driver to control Digital Rights Management, SR-IOV support, VRR, power, or any aspect that would let someone treat a consumer-market board like it was a professional-market board. They also don’t want to let their competitors benefit from anything they release, as can happen with open-source code.
It’s about control. Nvidia doesn’t want the kernel driver to control Digital Rights Management, SR-IOV support, VRR, power, or any aspect that would let someone treat a consumer-market board like it was a professional-market board. They also don’t want to let their competitors benefit from anything they release, as can happen with open-source code.