NVIDIA Device Files in /dev/
How /dev/nvidia*, nvidiactl, nvidia-uvm, and DRI nodes map major/minor numbers to the driver, what CUDA opens first, and the minimum mount set for containers.
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How /dev/nvidia*, nvidiactl, nvidia-uvm, and DRI nodes map major/minor numbers to the driver, what CUDA opens first, and the minimum mount set for containers.
Understand how containerized processes access GPU hardware through device files, bind mounts, and the NVIDIA container runtime. Learn the kernel driver vs user-space library distinction.