linux-drivers/
drivers/gpu

Linux GPU subsystem top-level directory

The umbrella directory that holds all of Linux's graphics-related code, including the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) framework, individual GPU drivers from vendors like AMD, Intel, and Nvidia/Nouveau, shared helper libraries, tracing hooks, and test infrastructure.

not-a-driver conf=1.00 deploy=none replacement=none subsystem=gpu category=not-a-driver
100%

recommendation

This is not actually a driver directory; it is the parent folder for the entire Linux graphics stack. Any keep-or-remove decision has to be made against the individual GPU drivers nested beneath it, not against the directory itself.

repository signals

7,893 files
7,930,877 source lines
45,475 commits, 5y
+4,485,462 / −948,073 lines added / removed, 5y
2,091 authors, 5y
monthly commits · 2021-04-21 → 2026-04-21 · 45,475 total · active in 61/61 months
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2021-04: 479 commits · +16,150 −6,025 2021-05: 712 commits · +42,816 −14,654 2021-06: 694 commits · +41,768 −27,171 2021-07: 829 commits · +33,276 −19,996 2021-08: 562 commits · +207,580 −15,570 2021-09: 738 commits · +58,693 −11,353 2021-10: 715 commits · +25,298 −18,239 2021-11: 651 commits · +30,349 −13,242 2021-12: 599 commits · +191,549 −10,420 2022-01: 695 commits · +451,730 −17,453 2022-02: 819 commits · +101,761 −21,404 2022-03: 767 commits · +25,299 −13,749 2022-04: 810 commits · +460,235 −21,430 2022-05: 677 commits · +84,771 −10,233 2022-06: 900 commits · +260,807 −37,041 2022-07: 695 commits · +36,766 −25,618 2022-08: 659 commits · +17,477 −15,811 2022-09: 861 commits · +29,401 −16,164 2022-10: 718 commits · +19,112 −12,764 2022-11: 794 commits · +18,431 −8,763 2022-12: 504 commits · +22,456 −32,684 2023-01: 843 commits · +29,093 −20,301 2023-02: 609 commits · +22,286 −13,946 2023-03: 1016 commits · +97,089 −17,038 2023-04: 701 commits · +33,959 −12,366 2023-05: 828 commits · +33,603 −13,873 2023-06: 724 commits · +25,454 −7,178 2023-07: 766 commits · +295,081 −14,913 2023-08: 890 commits · +117,251 −11,560 2023-09: 834 commits · +36,530 −11,367 2023-10: 838 commits · +24,939 −16,123 2023-11: 767 commits · +58,816 −16,087 2023-12: 804 commits · +45,313 −9,691 2024-01: 806 commits · +27,194 −11,284 2024-02: 753 commits · +107,641 −9,095 2024-03: 789 commits · +180,132 −8,651 2024-04: 1148 commits · +118,188 −56,399 2024-05: 1114 commits · +36,098 −21,413 2024-06: 916 commits · +31,776 −13,757 2024-07: 790 commits · +26,408 −19,553 2024-08: 719 commits · +29,656 −12,832 2024-09: 912 commits · +22,064 −16,844 2024-10: 866 commits · +35,983 −15,342 2024-11: 623 commits · +31,697 −18,352 2024-12: 658 commits · +20,640 −10,382 2025-01: 599 commits · +103,357 −22,486 2025-02: 1007 commits · +50,837 −19,733 2025-03: 891 commits · +45,776 −20,531 2025-04: 780 commits · +28,063 −11,664 2025-05: 841 commits · +25,513 −15,068 2025-06: 743 commits · +31,534 −15,172 2025-07: 758 commits · +23,823 −13,544 2025-08: 743 commits · +85,084 −13,017 2025-09: 861 commits · +33,458 −11,215 2025-10: 889 commits · +32,583 −12,747 2025-11: 909 commits · +42,824 −16,042 2025-12: 724 commits · +38,868 −11,215 2026-01: 473 commits · +11,815 −5,954 2026-02: 137 commits · +6,677 −6,598 2026-03: 112 commits · +1,958 −564 2026-04: 4 commits · +22 −11

sources

No sources cited.

codex reasoning notes (technical)

Not a driver directory: top-level GPU subsystem directory containing multiple subdrivers plus shared helpers/tests/trace code, not a single kernel-bound hardware driver.