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video_core: Add native Linux DLSS, DLAA quality, and neural rendering - #840
The NVIDIA DLSS replacement setting previously depended on Windows Streamline. This adds a native Linux NGX backend behind the same renderer interface, plus native-resolution DLAA and optional native neural rendering. In Ocarina's 1440p mode, Native (DLAA) keeps both input and output at 2560×1440 instead of reconstructing to 4K.
Linux Graphics settings can download the pinned NVIDIA DLSS runtime after displaying its license, or import it locally. Runtime/device errors and successful evaluation counts are shown in the panel.
Add Automatic (upscaling) / Native (DLAA) quality and Linux Off / Standard / Natural / Cinematic neural-rendering settings, including per-game overrides. Quality and neural styles (including Off → On) can be changed while playing with Apply/OK; only the master DLSS checkbox still requires a restart. Style changes reset neural history, and turning NR off releases its GPU resources.
Add live Strength (0–100%) in Graphics and Tone / Structure (0–100%) in Graphics → Advanced, all defaulting to 100% and supporting per-game overrides. Strength blends the result without unloading the model; 0% preserves the original DLSS/DLAA image, including HDR. Tone and Structure changes reset neural history without rebuilding the backend.
Run the native FP8 neural backend after DLSS and before HUD composition on the renderer's Vulkan device. Preserve motion vectors, temporal history, reset/resize and HDR handling. Missing or unsupported NR models/devices and initialization failures retain ordinary DLSS.
Import the neural model locally from a supported DLL without executing it. Vendor the MIT OpenDLSS-NR inference sources and private Volk loader, with pinned provenance and licenses. No proprietary models, DLSS5VKLayer or Wine helper are bundled.
Windows retains the Streamline backend. Linux builds need no separately installed NGX SDK; pinned interface headers are fetched and verified. The bundled glslang fallback is isolated from the emulator's warning-as-error flags.
Related: #800 also proposes a Linux NGX path. This PR additionally includes in-app runtime setup, native DLAA output selection, and integrated native FP8 neural rendering; the implementations overlap and should be coordinated before merging both.
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Ocarina of Time on Linux with neural rendering enabled, captured by the user.
Linux setup
Full instructions, checksums, installed paths, troubleshooting and build details: Linux DLSS handbook.
Required files:
File
Purpose / source
libnvidia-ngx.so.1
NGX core, supplied by the installed NVIDIA Linux driver packages.
libnvidia-ngx-dlss.so.310.9.16
DLSS SR/DLAA runtime. Download NVIDIA DLSS… obtains the pinned version from NVIDIA's repository; Import Linux DLSS… accepts the same file.
nvngx_dlssnr.dll, model 310.8.0
Optional neural model supplied by the user. Reuse the supported file from an existing installation, including the copy already used with DLSS5VKLayer. The importer extracts and validates its model data.
With the game stopped, open Emulation → Configure → Graphics, select Vulkan and the NVIDIA GPU, and enable Use NVIDIA DLSS in place of a game's DLSS (experimental).
Download or import the Linux DLSS runtime. Select Native (DLAA) to use the game's render resolution, or Automatic (upscaling) for its usual output resolution.
Optionally click Import neural rendering model…, select nvngx_dlssnr.dll, then choose Standard, Natural, or Cinematic. Leave NR Off for ordinary DLSS/DLAA.
Apply and start the game without an external DLSS5VKLayer wrapper. Check Native NGX active and, for NR, Native neural rendering active, with increasing counters in Graphics.
While playing, reopen Graphics, change quality or neural style, and click Apply or OK. For active per-game overrides, use the running game’s configuration. Neural activation or resolution changes can briefly pause rendering while resources are prepared.
Adjust Neural rendering strength in Graphics for a subtler blend. Tone and Structure are in Graphics → Advanced. Apply/OK updates them during gameplay. Leave all three at 100% for the previous appearance; lower strength keeps inference running, so use neural Off to release GPU resources.
The default data location is ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/eden/ngx; use Open folder for portable or custom profiles. Imported NR data is stored at nr/310.8.0/manifest.json and nr/310.8.0/model/packed.bin. Wine, Proton, OptiScaler, Windows NGX/Streamline support DLLs, and a CUDA toolkit are not required at runtime.
NR requires the checked NVIDIA FP8/cooperative-matrix/CUDA Vulkan extensions. Tested on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell with Linux driver 615.78.08; other GPU/driver combinations are not established by these tests. This processes supported game upscaler passes, rather than every game or arbitrary Vulkan presentation.
Testing
Updated to nx2 commit 0ab7736df9, resolving the two renderer conflicts while preserving upstream buffer tracking/shader-cache work and the native DLSS hooks. The merged Linux GUI and test targets built; all seven current CTest suites passed.
Configuration tests cover existing-profile defaults, persistence, per-game overrides and range clamping. Offscreen Qt checks passed for live slider Apply, 0–100% ranges, per-game overrides and restoring global values.
GPU 0 smoke passed 40 frames across two device lifecycles: live styles/Off/quality, SR/DLAA, HDR/depth changes, motion-view rebinding, strength 0/50/100%, HDR values above 1 at zero strength, Tone/Structure changes and history resets, and injected NGX failure. Missing-model fallback passed another 40 frames. Both runs reported zero Vulkan validation/synchronization errors.
Ocarina ran at native 1440p with Natural neural rendering. The user applied 58% Strength live and confirmed the result; NGX shutdown and emulator cleanup completed successfully. Live 1440p → 4K → 1440p quality switching was also verified earlier in this PR.
Default Standard/Natural/Cinematic reset-frame output was compared with the local NVIDIA reference at 1080p and matched within one 8-bit code per RGB channel; zero-motion temporal history and reset checks passed. GUI runtime/model import success and rejection checks also passed earlier in this PR.
Limits: the final merged change was validated with Linux DLSS enabled. Earlier DLSS-disabled builds passed; no fresh disabled-backend, Windows or packaging validation was performed for this follow-up. RenderDoc 1.46 filters required NVIDIA extensions, so no native DLSS/NR capture/replay was obtained. The NR watchdog is checked during initialization/rebinding; continuous timeout monitoring is not implemented. Wider game/GPU coverage remains unverified.
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Added native NVIDIA DLSS support on Linux, with controls to import or download the required runtime and view its status.
Added optional neural rendering with Standard, Natural, and Cinematic styles, plus model import and runtime status controls.
Added DLSS quality options for automatic upscaling and native-resolution rendering (DLAA).
Runtime and model files are validated before installation.
Documentation
Added a Linux DLSS guide covering requirements, setup, model files, offline options, and troubleshooting.
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This PR adds native Linux NVIDIA DLSS through NGX and an optional Vulkan neural-rendering backend. It adds model import and validation, GPU kernels and graph execution, renderer and settings integration, Linux setup documentation, and smoke tests.
Changes: Linux DLSS and neural rendering
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NGX build and kernel assets CMakeModules/NvidiaNGX.cmake, externals/opendlss-nr/*, src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt, src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
Adds verified NGX header acquisition or a local SDK path, OpenDLSS-NR build rules, generated shader and PTX assets, and Linux target wiring.
PTX and shader execution externals/opendlss-nr/scripts/ptx/*, externals/opendlss-nr/shaders/*, externals/opendlss-nr/src/*
Adds PTX generators and GLSL kernels, numeric and model utilities, Vulkan context support, kernel dispatch, and the neural-rendering graph.
Model import and backend src/video_core/neural_rendering/*, src/tests/video_core/neural_rendering_*
Adds PE resource extraction, packed-weight validation and installation, runtime status, a Vulkan rendering backend, and model and GPU smoke tests.
NGX lifecycle and renderer src/video_core/vulkan_common/*, src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/*
Adds NGX runtime discovery, device attachment and DLSS evaluation, integrates optional neural rendering, and updates native-resolution and upscaled output handling.
Settings, Linux controls, and documentation src/common/settings*, src/qt_common/config/shared_translation.cpp, src/yuzu/configuration/*dlss*, docs/user/DLSSLinux.md, src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
Adds DLSS quality and neural-rendering settings, Linux runtime and model import controls, user and developer documentation, and test build targets. vk_scheduler.cpp also guards the ZPass counter close when no query cache exists.
sequenceDiagram
participant Renderer as Vulkan renderer
participant NGX as Native NGX
participant Upscaler as NvidiaDlssUpscaler
participant Backend as Neural-rendering backend
Renderer->>NGX: Start NGX and attach the Vulkan device
Renderer->>Upscaler: Submit frame inputs and output targets
Upscaler->>NGX: Configure and evaluate DLSS
NGX-->>Upscaler: Return evaluation status
Upscaler->>Backend: Prepare or rebind neural rendering when enabled
Upscaler->>Backend: Record a neural-rendering frame after successful evaluation
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Handle download failure with a clear error message.
file(DOWNLOAD ... EXPECTED_HASH) fails the configure step if the hash does not match or the network is unavailable. The message is generic. Offline builds with DLSS enabled (the default on Linux x86_64) cannot configure unless LICHII_NGX_SDK is set. Capture STATUS and report that LICHII_NGX_SDK or ENABLE_NVIDIA_DLSS=OFF is a workaround. Also, file(DOWNLOAD) re-downloads nothing when the file exists with a matching hash, so the cost is small.
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file(DOWNLOAD
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/DLSS/${ngx_revision}/include/${name}"
"${NGX_INCLUDE_DIR}/${name}"
- EXPECTED_HASH "SHA256=${hash}" TLS_VERIFY ON)+ EXPECTED_HASH "SHA256=${hash}" TLS_VERIFY ON+ STATUS ngx_status)+ list(GET ngx_status 0 ngx_code)+ if (NOT ngx_code EQUAL 0)+ message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot fetch NGX header ${name}: ${ngx_status}. "+ "Set LICHII_NGX_SDK to a local SDK or configure with -DENABLE_NVIDIA_DLSS=OFF.")+ endif()
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- Around line 1-21: Clarify the licensing scope of the files in this directory:
establish whether the GPL-3.0-or-later headers in CMakeLists.txt and
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- Around line 6-18: Update the third-party component list in NOTICE to include
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- Around line 75-76: Replace the assert in the asset-writing flow with an
explicit delimiter check that remains active under optimized Python execution.
When contents contains the raw-string terminator, raise a ValueError identifying
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Review comments at @src/video_core/neural_rendering/backend.cpp:
- Line 298: Update the nr::Model construction in PrepareNeuralRendering to
disable its redundant hash verification, relying on the existing IsInstalled()
verification required by Backend’s contract. Keep the model path and other
constructor arguments unchanged.
Review comments at @src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_ngx_dlss.cpp:
- Around line 307-310: Serialize the NR::Backend construction assigned to
neural_rendering with submissions to the renderer’s graphics queue. Acquire
scheduler.submit_mutex for the duration of construction so initialization work
cannot overlap concurrent queue submissions.
- Around line 120-128: In the extent_changed path, acquire
scheduler.submit_mutex after scheduler.Finish() and hold it while
neural_rendering.reset() tears down the backend, preventing concurrent queue
submissions during teardown. Preserve the existing Finish-before-teardown
ordering and leave the non-neural path unchanged.
Review comments at @src/yuzu/configuration/nvidia_dlss_panel_linux.cpp:
- Around line 128-130: Update Refresh() to check whether libnvidia-ngx.so.1 is
available only once and reuse the cached result on subsequent timer refreshes,
consistent with the panel’s existing neural_model_valid caching; avoid creating
and opening a DynamicLibrary on every call.
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capture its status and report a clear fatal error when the download fails,
including hash mismatch or network errors. Explain that `LICHII_NGX_SDK` can
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Addressed the seven inline review findings in 0d0f5d9, including queue synchronization during neural backend setup/teardown, redundant model hashing, repeated driver probing, optimized-Python validation, and import attribution.
Also addressed the NGX download-error nit. CMake's EXPECTED_HASH aborts before the proposed STATUS handler can run, so the download now explicitly checks the same pinned SHA-256 before publishing the header. Matching cached headers still work offline; download and hash errors explain LICHII_NGX_SDK and ENABLE_NVIDIA_DLSS=OFF.
The additional missing-model GPU check exposed an output-image transition that allowed compute writes but omitted NGX's initialization transfer clear during resizing. That barrier is fixed in the same commit.
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GUI, unit tests, and ngx_smoke built successfully; all five CTest suites passed.
Extended hardware smoke test submits concurrently with backend construction, rebinding, resizing, and destruction. Real-model and missing-model cases each passed two device lifecycles with no Vulkan threading or synchronization validation errors.
Instrumented offscreen settings panel: one NGX driver load across 100 manual refreshes and timer refreshes.
Invalid PTX delimiter rejected under ordinary Python and python -O, preserving the previous output.
NGX header checks passed for fresh downloads, valid offline cache, missing/corrupt offline cache diagnostics, and incorrect downloaded hashes.
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Minor · Make a blocked import recoverable. · model.cpp:348-351
src/video_core/neural_rendering/model.cpp:348-351 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Make a blocked import recoverable.
One check covers two different states, and it gives the user no path to fix either.
A crash or kill during the 147 MB write leaves <destination>.importing. The catch block only runs for exceptions. Every later import then fails at create_directory(staging).
A destination that exists but fails IsInstalled (corrupt or partial install) also reaches this check. The UI tells the user to import the model, and the import then fails.
In both cases the message says the destination "already exists or is being imported". The user cannot tell which directory to delete.
Split the checks. Include the offending path in each message.
Proposed fix
- if (std::filesystem::exists(destination) || !std::filesystem::create_directory(staging)) {- throw std::runtime_error(- "The neural rendering model destination already exists or is being imported");- }+ if (std::filesystem::exists(destination)) {+ throw std::runtime_error(+ "The neural rendering model folder exists but is not a valid installation. "+ "Remove it and import again: " + destination.string());+ }+ if (!std::filesystem::create_directory(staging)) {+ throw std::runtime_error(+ "A previous neural rendering model import left " + staging.string() ++ ". Remove it if no other import is running, then import again.");+ }
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351:
Split the combined check in the model import flow into separate checks for an
existing destination and failure to create the staging directory. Give each
error a distinct recovery message that includes the offending path, so users can
identify the invalid destination or stale staging directory; preserve the
existing safeguards against overwriting a destination or interfering with an
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Review comments at @src/video_core/neural_rendering/model.cpp:
- Around line 348-351: Split the combined check in the model import flow into
separate checks for an existing destination and failure to create the staging
directory. Give each error a distinct recovery message that includes the
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directory; preserve the existing safeguards against overwriting a destination or
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Addressed the blocked-import recovery finding in a66d5fc.
The destination and staging checks now have separate messages containing the offending path. An existing, unverified destination asks the user to move it aside and retry. An existing staging directory asks the user to wait for any active import, and only move the directory aside if no import is running. Both checks remain before the cleanup block, preserving existing destination data and staging owned by another import.
Validation: compiled the importer from the updated source and exercised it with the supported local model. Verified distinct path-specific errors, preservation of existing destination directories/files and staging contents, destination-check precedence, successful fresh import, and an unchanged valid installation on repeated import. git diff --check passed.
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Changes
The NVIDIA DLSS replacement setting previously depended on Windows Streamline. This adds a native Linux NGX backend behind the same renderer interface, plus native-resolution DLAA and optional native neural rendering. In Ocarina's 1440p mode, Native (DLAA) keeps both input and output at 2560×1440 instead of reconstructing to 4K.
Related: #800 also proposes a Linux NGX path. This PR additionally includes in-app runtime setup, native DLAA output selection, and integrated native FP8 neural rendering; the implementations overlap and should be coordinated before merging both.
Screenshots
Ocarina of Time on Linux with neural rendering enabled, captured by the user.
Linux setup
Full instructions, checksums, installed paths, troubleshooting and build details: Linux DLSS handbook.
Required files:
libnvidia-ngx.so.1libnvidia-ngx-dlss.so.310.9.16nvngx_dlssnr.dll, model 310.8.0nvngx_dlssnr.dll, then choose Standard, Natural, or Cinematic. Leave NR Off for ordinary DLSS/DLAA.The default data location is
${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/eden/ngx; use Open folder for portable or custom profiles. Imported NR data is stored atnr/310.8.0/manifest.jsonandnr/310.8.0/model/packed.bin. Wine, Proton, OptiScaler, Windows NGX/Streamline support DLLs, and a CUDA toolkit are not required at runtime.NR requires the checked NVIDIA FP8/cooperative-matrix/CUDA Vulkan extensions. Tested on RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell with Linux driver 615.78.08; other GPU/driver combinations are not established by these tests. This processes supported game upscaler passes, rather than every game or arbitrary Vulkan presentation.
Testing
nx2commit0ab7736df9, resolving the two renderer conflicts while preserving upstream buffer tracking/shader-cache work and the native DLSS hooks. The merged Linux GUI and test targets built; all seven current CTest suites passed.Limits: the final merged change was validated with Linux DLSS enabled. Earlier DLSS-disabled builds passed; no fresh disabled-backend, Windows or packaging validation was performed for this follow-up. RenderDoc 1.46 filters required NVIDIA extensions, so no native DLSS/NR capture/replay was obtained. The NR watchdog is checked during initialization/rebinding; continuous timeout monitoring is not implemented. Wider game/GPU coverage remains unverified.
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