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nixos/nvidia: add option hardware.nvidia.open for selecting the opensource kernel driver

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Nick Cao 2022-06-01 10:14:45 +08:00
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nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
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PHP now defaults to PHP 8.1, updated from 8.0.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>hardware.nvidia</literal> has a new option
<literal>open</literal> that can be used to opt in the
opensource version of NVIDIA kernel driver. Note that the
driver’s support for GeForce and Workstation GPUs is still
alpha quality, see
<link xlink:href="https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/">NVIDIA
Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules</link> for the
official announcement.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="sec-release-22.11-new-services">

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@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
- PHP now defaults to PHP 8.1, updated from 8.0.
- `hardware.nvidia` has a new option `open` that can be used to opt in the opensource version of NVIDIA kernel driver. Note that the driver's support for GeForce and Workstation GPUs is still alpha quality, see [NVIDIA Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/) for the official announcement.
<!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
## New Services {#sec-release-22.11-new-services}

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nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
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'';
example = literalExpression "config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.legacy_340";
};
hardware.nvidia.open = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to use the open source kernel module
'';
};
};
config = let
@ -369,7 +377,8 @@ in
++ optional (nvidia_x11.persistenced != null && config.virtualisation.docker.enableNvidia)
"L+ /run/nvidia-docker/extras/bin/nvidia-persistenced - - - - ${nvidia_x11.persistenced}/origBin/nvidia-persistenced";
boot.extraModulePackages = [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
boot.extraModulePackages = if cfg.open then [ nvidia_x11.open ] else [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
hardware.firmware = lib.optional cfg.open nvidia_x11.firmware;
# nvidia-uvm is required by CUDA applications.
boot.kernelModules = [ "nvidia-uvm" ] ++
@ -377,7 +386,8 @@ in
# If requested enable modesetting via kernel parameter.
boot.kernelParams = optional (offloadCfg.enable || cfg.modesetting.enable) "nvidia-drm.modeset=1"
++ optional cfg.powerManagement.enable "nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1";
++ optional cfg.powerManagement.enable "nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1"
++ optional cfg.open "nvidia.NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus=1";
services.udev.extraRules =
''