NVIDIA / NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules
Support for optimus laptops wayland
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Feature Pending
- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
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- Forks
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Description
Currently there seems to be no support for wayland optimus. Only xwayland applications are able to utilize the nvidia driver.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue mentions Optimus laptops, Wayland, Xwayland applications, and the NVIDIA driver but names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the repository's Wayland and Optimus support areas; done means native Wayland applications can use the NVIDIA driver, not only Xwayland applications.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux
- Domain
- desktop-dev, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100