"For the nouveau/linux-2.6 DRM modules, the goal is to never need external firmware. However, during development it may be required. The card families:
NV04 - NV30: No firmware used.
NV40 - NV50: No firmware needed. The Nouveau driver generates the ctxprogs and related state internally (commits 48c6dfb8 and 266229a5).
NVC0: proprietary firmware required for any acceleration. The firmware is not readily available, you need to extract it yourself"
[^] # Re: quelle carte pas chère acheter aujourd'hui ?
Posté par antistress (site web personnel) . En réponse à la dépêche Effervescence autour de la pile graphique libre. Évalué à 2.
Pour nVidia : "Fermi cards, that is NVC0 family, need firmware for acceleration"
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
"For the nouveau/linux-2.6 DRM modules, the goal is to never need external firmware. However, during development it may be required. The card families:
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallDRM#Firmware