However we might upgrade users from a short lived branch to a long lived branch. Although we won’t upgrade a long lived branch to a short lived one.

Version 110.1 is uploaded to the LTS, a transitional package is created to upgrade the user to the latest version of the branch.

Version 100.2 is uploaded to the LTS, users will be upgraded.

They will only have updates for minor releases of a driver.įor example if version 100.1 is in the LTS. When a new major version of a driver is available and uploaded, the versioning and naming scheme of the packages is so that users won’t be automatically upgraded to the latest version. Short lived branches are not SRUed to non-lts releases to align the policy on the HWE stacks however this decision can be revisited depending on the demand. Support timeframe for legacy drivers is documented on the official nVidia site support page Instead, these GPUs will continue to be supported through special 'Legacy GPU' drivers that will be updated periodically to add support for new versions of Linux system components (e.g., new Linux kernels, new versions of the X server, etc). Legacy drivers: Legacy GPUs are older-generation nVidia GPUs which are no longer supported in the regular nVidia Unified UNIX Graphics Driver. Short lived branch: As opposed to the long lived branch, this series provides introduces new features. Support for new GPUs can be backported to this series. These releases are intended for users of non-legacy GPUs who don't necessarily need the latest and greatest features. Long lived branch: This series is to provide critical or low risk fixes and other minor updates for non-legacy hardware without exposing any new functionalities. For an improved experience or simply to support new GPUs without installing drivers from unofficial sources (for example PPAs), it is essential to release the latest version of the drivers regularly to the stable releases of Ubuntu.

Support for new GPUs as well as bug fixes are regularly released by the vendor (on average 2 driver updates a month).

NVidia proprietary GPU drivers are broadly used by gamers or for GPU compute activities (AI/ML). This document describes the policy, process and criteria for updating nVidia proprietary drivers in a stable supported distro, including LTS.

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