1)link is broken
http://download.nvidia.com/open-gpu-doc/DCB/1/DCB-4.0-Specif...
> nvidia has done practically nothing since then to support nouveau in any meaningful way
There's an awful lot of stuff in that directory for that to be the case.
> suspect you just found the first link that seemed to validate the point you are trying to make, without actually understanding what is actually (not) going on.
Funny, I think the same thing when people say "nvidia never helps nouveau."