Arc Pro Open Source Driver and Firmware

[metalf]

Does intel plan on releasing the firmware for the Arc Pro GPU such that it is completely auditable and open source, in addition to the open source driver. This differentiator could be a selling point for the card series. Additionally, intel may receive support from the open source community on tying the features together for the card.  I am interested primarily in the Linux software drivers and firmware.

Thanks for answering.

[Chi_Intel]

Hello metalf 

Thank you for posting on the Intel Arc communities.  

Let me go ahead and investigate this request, please specify what Linux version or distribution you are looking forward to using. 

• Can you provide more details about the specific use case or scenario you will be considering? 

Regards,  

Chi C 

Intel Customer Support Technician 

[Chi_Intel]

Arc Pro Drivers/software are not open source.

We will collaborate with the community to provide support

Firmware/drivers will be released soon you will find the files here: https://dgpu-docs.intel.com/ under Driver Releases.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

[metalf]

"Arc Pro Drivers/software are not open source."

Both AMD and Nvidia have released open source kernel drivers for their platform. Can you please explain why Intel has chosen not to do this.

Thanks.

[Chi_Intel]

As mentioned before, we are not planning to provide open source drivers/firmware. But there will be support for this platform to collaborate with the community.

[Chi_Intel]

Were you able to check the previous post?   

Let us know if you still need assistance.    

[Chi_Intel]

We have not heard back from you, so we will close this thread. If you need any additional information, please submit a new question as this thread will no longer be monitored.  

Regards,  

Chi C 

Intel Customer Support Technician 

[Chi_Intel]

If you need any additional information, please submit a new question as this thread will no longer be monitored.”

Regards,  

Chi C 

Intel Customer Support Technician