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	{{About message}}		{{About message}}

	'''Open-IOV''' is an open-source virtualization layer for NVIDIA GPUs. It runs '''stock, unmodified NVIDIA drivers inside virtual machines''' — Linux and Windows — with GPU compute (CUDA), ~~and eventually~~ 3D graphics and video, on hardware you already own: without a proprietary vGPU license, without patching the guest driver, the host driver, the hypervisor or the GPU firmware.		'''Open-IOV''' is an open-source virtualization layer for NVIDIA GPUs. It runs '''stock, unmodified NVIDIA drivers inside virtual machines''' — Linux and Windows — with GPU compute (CUDA) working today, 3D graphics in active development, and video on the roadmap, on hardware you already own: without a proprietary vGPU license, without patching the guest driver, the host driver, the hypervisor or the GPU firmware.

	== Mission ==		== Mission ==
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	::'''''Emulate the interface. Pass through the work. Never patch anyone.'''''		::'''''Emulate the interface. Pass through the work. Never patch anyone.'''''

	See [[System Overview]] for the architecture and [[Project Status]] for the honest current state.		See [[System Overview]] for the architecture, [[Project Goals]] for the mission and the status of each goal, and [[Project Status]] for the honest current state.

	== Principles ==		== Principles ==

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	== Community ==		== Community ==
	* Source and issues: [https://git.vgpu.io/open-iov git.vgpu.io/open-iov]		* Source and issues: [https://git.vgpu.io/open-iov.git/ git.vgpu.io/open-iov]
	* Chat: [https://discord.gg/Rb9K9DYxKK Open-IOV Discord]		* Chat: [https://discord.gg/Rb9K9DYxKK Open-IOV Discord]
	* See [[Community]] and [[HAAEEP and Collaboration]].		* See [[Community]] and [[HAAEEP and Collaboration]].

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			{{About message}}

	'''Open-IOV''' is an open-source virtualization layer for NVIDIA GPUs. It runs '''stock, unmodified NVIDIA drivers inside virtual machines''' — Linux and Windows — with GPU compute (CUDA), and eventually 3D graphics and video, on hardware you already own: without a proprietary vGPU license, without patching the guest driver, the host driver, the hypervisor or the GPU firmware.		'''Open-IOV''' is an open-source virtualization layer for NVIDIA GPUs. It runs '''stock, unmodified NVIDIA drivers inside virtual machines''' — Linux and Windows — with GPU compute (CUDA), and eventually 3D graphics and video, on hardware you already own: without a proprietary vGPU license, without patching the guest driver, the host driver, the hypervisor or the GPU firmware.

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	== Licensing ==		== Licensing ==
	~~Open-IOV's own code is '''BSD 3-Clause~~''' ~~for everything reusable (userspace libraries, tools, scripts, configuration and~~ documentation) and '''GPL-2.0''' for the kernel modules that must legally link against GPL-only kernel exports (VFIO, mdev, IOMMU); per-file SPDX identifiers govern. NVIDIA's software and firmware are used unmodified and are not redistributed. See the repository's <code>LICENSE</code> and <code>docs/09-reference/legal-and-licensing.md</code> for the full statement.		'''All documentation on this site is licensed [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY-4.0]''' — the statement carried at the top of every page. It may be reused with attribution, or used as inspiration for new documentation, including by GPU vendors for public commercial distribution as developer documentation.

	~~== Wiki content licensing ==~~
	~~The wiki's prose content has carried the following CC-BY-4.0 statement since the~~ site~~'s earlier project era, and it remains the statement for wiki pages unless a page says otherwise:~~

	~~::''An absence of critical technical documentation has historically slowed growth and adoption of developer ecosystems for GPU virtualization.''~~

	~~::''This~~ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY-4.0] ~~licensed content can either~~ be ~~used~~ with attribution, or used as inspiration for new documentation, ~~created~~ by GPU vendors for public commercial distribution as developer documentation.''

	::''Where possible, this documentation will clearly label dates and versions of observed-but-not-guaranteed behaviour vs. vendor-documented stable interfaces/behaviour with guarantees of forward or backward compatibility.''

	The project's ~~own~~ source code and the ~~maintained documentation in~~ the repository ~~are licensed separately, as described above~~.		The project's source code is licensed separately: '''BSD 3-Clause''' for everything reusable (userspace libraries, tools, scripts, configuration) and '''GPL-2.0''' for the kernel modules that must legally link against GPL-only kernel exports (VFIO, mdev, IOMMU); per-file SPDX identifiers govern. NVIDIA's software and firmware are used unmodified and are not redistributed. See the repository's <code>LICENSE</code> and <code>docs/09-reference/legal-and-licensing.md</code> for the full statement.

	== Community ==		== Community ==

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 == Licensing ==
 Open-IOV's own code is '''BSD 3-Clause''' for everything reusable (userspace libraries, tools, scripts, configuration and documentation) and '''GPL-2.0''' for the kernel modules that must legally link against GPL-only kernel exports (VFIO, mdev, IOMMU); per-file SPDX identifiers govern. NVIDIA's software and firmware are used unmodified and are not redistributed. See the repository's <code>LICENSE</code> and <code>docs/09-reference/legal-and-licensing.md</code> for the full statement.
 == Community ==

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-An absence of critical technical documentation has historically slowed growth and adoption of developer ecosystems for GPU virtualization.
+'''Open-IOV''' is an open-source virtualization layer for NVIDIA GPUs. It runs '''stock, unmodified NVIDIA drivers inside virtual machines''' — Linux and Windows — with GPU compute (CUDA), and eventually 3D graphics and video, on hardware you already own: without a proprietary vGPU license, without patching the guest driver, the host driver, the hypervisor or the GPU firmware.
-This [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY-4.0] licensed content can either be used with attribution, or used as inspiration for new documentation, created by GPU vendors for public commercial distribution as developer documentation.
+== Mission ==
-Where possible, this documentation will clearly label dates and versions of observed-but-not-guaranteed behaviour vs. vendor-documented stable interfaces/behaviour with guarantees of forward or backward compatibility.
+== How it works ==

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	An absence of critical technical documentation has historically slowed growth and adoption of developer ecosystems for GPU virtualization.		An absence of critical technical documentation has historically slowed growth and adoption of developer ecosystems for GPU virtualization.

	This CC-BY-4.0 licensed content can either be used with attribution, or used as inspiration for new documentation, created by GPU vendors for public commercial distribution as developer documentation.		This [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY-4.0] licensed content can either be used with attribution, or used as inspiration for new documentation, created by GPU vendors for public commercial distribution as developer documentation.

	Where possible, this documentation will clearly label dates and versions of observed-but-not-guaranteed behaviour vs. vendor-documented stable interfaces/behaviour with guarantees of forward or backward compatibility.		Where possible, this documentation will clearly label dates and versions of observed-but-not-guaranteed behaviour vs. vendor-documented stable interfaces/behaviour with guarantees of forward or backward compatibility.

Arthur at 17:55, 14 December 2022

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	~~OpenMdev Foundation~~.		An absence of critical technical documentation has historically slowed growth and adoption of developer ecosystems for GPU virtualization.

			This CC-BY-4.0 licensed content can either be used with attribution, or used as inspiration for new documentation, created by GPU vendors for public commercial distribution as developer documentation.

			Where possible, this documentation will clearly label dates and versions of observed-but-not-guaranteed behaviour vs. vendor-documented stable interfaces/behaviour with guarantees of forward or backward compatibility.

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	~~The~~ OpenMdev Foundation.		OpenMdev Foundation.

Arthur: Created page with "The OpenMdev Foundation."

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Created page with "The OpenMdev Foundation."

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The OpenMdev Foundation.