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Haiku Nvidia Driver Porting Progress

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Haiku OS is seeing progress on its Nvidia driver porting project, enabling support for Turing and Ampere GPUs. Users have reported success with cards like the 2060 at 2560x1440 resolution, with anticipation for DisplayPort support.

While initial testing on an RTX 5090 did not work, the lack of blobs for Lovelace and newer architectures means support is currently limited. The project involves compiling from leaked source code, with ongoing discussions about features like sound over HDMI and DisplayPort.

DisplayPort support is reportedly ready, pending a new release. Current driver limitations include 24-bit color depth in screen preferences, with 32-bit support pending app_server compatibility. Users are also inquiring about compatibility with newer Nvidia cards and potential LLM software integration.