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[Bruno Pagani <bruno.n.pagani@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, bumblebee uses the nvidia binary driver. nvidia doesn't support hybrid graphics, but they at least support single card. So, bumblebee explain to the system how to use the card with this driver.

There are a lot of people using CUDA through bumblebee, although some are facing problems with it.

Le 21 déc. 2011 à 02:31, Srimal Jayawardena <srimalj@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Ok I am a bit confused now.
> 
> If NVIDIA does not  provide a Linux driver
> 
> is this _binary nvidia driver_  you mentioned written by the people at
> the  bumblebee project ?
> 
> More importantly will NVIDIA's CUDA SDK work well with this bumblebee driver
> 
> on a hybrid NVIDA laptop card (I am thinking of the Dell XPS14z at this moment)?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Srimal.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Bruno Pagani <bruno.n.pagani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yep, bumblebee uses the binary nvidia driver, and that exactly because there
>> is no support that bumblebee does exist.
>> 
>> Le 21/12/2011 00:29, Srimal Jayawardena a écrit :
>> 
>>>> solution is to use bumblebee/ironhide, that internally uses the binary>
>>>>  Nvidia drivers and CUDA SDK.
>>> 
>>> Are you sure Bumblebee has the binary NVIDIA drivers because the
>>> NVIDIA site says it does not support Linux for the hybrid cards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Srimal.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Albert Vilella<avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Although the open source nouveau drivers are constantly improving, I
>>>> think right now the only
>>>> solution is to use bumblebee/ironhide, that internally uses the binary
>>>> Nvidia drivers and CUDA SDK.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Srimal Jayawardena<srimalj@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since NVIDIA does not have linux drivers for Optimus cards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> is it possible to do CUDA with the Generic / OpenSource drivers?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> 
>>>>> Srimal.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 4:16 AM, Albert Vilella<avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Find here the Ubuntu 10.10 installation instructions for cuda on
>>>>>> Linux:https://github.com/run4flat/perl_nvcc/wiki/Installing
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It's more than a year old, so it may not work...
>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Alexandre Saint<snt.alex@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2011/12/16 David Overcash<funnylookinhat@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> If you want to play it safe, just get a laptop with a discrete
>>>>>>>> graphics card
>>>>>>>> and no onboard graphics.  If you try to use Optimus with any CUDA
>>>>>>>> based
>>>>>>>> work, you'll have to do quite a bit of work on top of what you're
>>>>>>>> already
>>>>>>>> programming to get things to turn out well.  :)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What extra bit of work are you referring to? The installation of
>>>>>>> Bumblebee or Ironhide?
>>>>>>> I plan to develop OpenCL programs in the near future on my Optimus
>>>>>>> equipped laptop. I'm using Ironhide to gain access to the gpu. Though
>>>>>>> I didn't try to set up the OpenCL environment yet, any feedback in
>>>>>>> that direction would be very welcome.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Alexandre
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>> --
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>>>>> to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.' - Albert Einstein
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Srimal Jayawardena
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> PhD Candidate
> Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
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> Australian National University
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> 
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> 'My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable
> superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able
> to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.' - Albert Einstein