nvidia-drivers setup file missing from the source

[sayanchowdhury]

nvidia-drivers setup file missing from the source

The issue is found in the process of setting up Flatcar GPU instances on the cloud platforms Azure and AWS. When setting up these instances, it is necessary to download and install the appropriate graphics driver in order to enable the GPU functionality. However, the version of the driver required for the current version of Flatcar, which is 510.73.05, seems to be missing from its original source. As a result, the installation process of the driver is not working properly on the GPU instances.

Normally, when a file or component is missing, it can be resolved by hosting a copy of the file on a mirror. However, in this particular case, the NVIDIA distribution rights block the option of hosting a copy of the missing driver file on a mirror.

Impact & Future Steps

Future GPU installations on the give platform will be affected.

This can be mitigated by manual interruption updating the version NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION=525.105.17 in the file /usr/share/oem/bin/setup-nvidia

We have in-progress PR for the update, but the progress work includes the migration to move the driver from OEM to base image so it's been blocked. So, for now we would just update the version on immediate excluding the migration to fix the issue on urgent basis and cut out a new release with the fix.

Next Actionable Items

• File a PR for the update of the nvidia-drivers
• Cut out a new release.

[sayanchowdhury]

This issue is now fixed. Closing the issue