Add gdrcopy subpackage to NVIDIA kmods#462
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Add a gdrcopy subpackage that builds the gdrdrv kernel module against the open-gpu NVIDIA driver source. Include systemd units to copy and load the module via driverdog, gated behind the open-gpu driver variant through ghostdog. Create the /dev/gdrdrv device node at module load time using ghostdog, since the driver does not self-register it. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Garcia Rincon <agarrcia@amazon.com>
Add a gdrcopy subpackage that builds the gdrdrv kernel module against the open-gpu NVIDIA driver source. Include systemd units to copy and load the module via driverdog, gated behind the open-gpu driver variant through ghostdog. Create the /dev/gdrdrv device node at module load time using ghostdog, since the driver does not self-register it. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Garcia Rincon <agarrcia@amazon.com>
Add a gdrcopy subpackage that builds the gdrdrv kernel module against the open-gpu NVIDIA driver source. Include systemd units to copy and load the module via driverdog, gated behind the open-gpu driver variant through ghostdog. Create the /dev/gdrdrv device node at module load time using ghostdog, since the driver does not self-register it. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Garcia Rincon <agarrcia@amazon.com>
Add a gdrcopy subpackage that builds the gdrdrv kernel module against the open-gpu NVIDIA driver source. Include systemd units to copy and load the module via driverdog, gated behind the open-gpu driver variant through ghostdog. Create the /dev/gdrdrv device node at module load time using ghostdog, since the driver does not self-register it. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Garcia Rincon <agarrcia@amazon.com>
Add a gdrcopy subpackage that builds the gdrdrv kernel module against the open-gpu NVIDIA driver source. Include systemd units to copy and load the module via driverdog, gated behind the open-gpu driver variant through ghostdog. Create the /dev/gdrdrv device node at module load time using ghostdog, since the driver does not self-register it. Signed-off-by: Gaurav Sharma <mgsharm@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Garcia Rincon <agarrcia@amazon.com>
Add a gdrcopy subpackage that builds the gdrdrv kernel module against the open-gpu NVIDIA driver source. Include systemd units to copy and load the module via driverdog, gated behind the open-gpu driver variant through ghostdog. Create the /dev/gdrdrv device node at module load time using ghostdog, since the driver does not self-register it. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Garcia Rincon <agarrcia@amazon.com>
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| Source504: copy-grid-kernel-modules.service.in | ||
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| Source600: nvidia-gdrcopy-open-gpu-config.toml.in |
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nit - other sections like this we preface with a comment
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| # GDRcopy config files from 600 to 699 | |
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Description of changes:
Adds gdrcopy to all NVIDIA kmods as a new subpackage. Builds for open-gpu only as there is a problem with the tesla driver (see: NVIDIA/gdrcopy#335 (comment)).
In the first iteration of the PR, there was a patch to create the device using modern kernel APIs. However those might conflict with the proprietary driver as they are GPL only.
Instead, create the devices using
mknodthrough a new command introduced inghostdogin this PR: bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket-core-kit#963Testing done:
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In combination with: bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket-core-kit#963
Launched 3 AMIS,
aws-ecs-2-nvidia,aws-ecs-3-nvidia,aws-ecs-4-nvidia, ran the suite of tests provided bygdrcopyand confirmed all passed:6.1
6.12
6.18
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