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@elezar are there any "Enhancements to libnvidia-container" for this release?

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@elezar are there any "Enhancements to libnvidia-container" for this release?

When compared to v1.17.0 there are some fixes that were backported to the maintenance branch: https://github.com/NVIDIA/libnvidia-container/releases/tag/v1.18.0-rc.1

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I will have a look at this PR and add some more inputs in the coming days.

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@a-mccarthy could we cherry-pick #203 here?

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@a-mccarthy could we cherry-pick #203 here?

I have already done it.

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@elezar and @ArangoGutierrez thanks for working on this! I added a few small nits/questions, but otherwise, looks good :)

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been resolved for some time now. The inclusion of this hook can still be
triggered when explicitly generating CDI specifications.
- The `legacy` mode of the NVIDIA Container Runtime is deprecated. It is no longer the _default_ mode
when using the `nvidia-container-runtime` is used. It is still supported for use cases where it is

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Are there specific use cases for when its required? This seems a little vague to me for cases where the legacy mode is supported.

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This is intentionally vague, but I can add more context if you think it would help. Places where legacy mode is required / used:

  • The --gpus flag is used in Docker without invoking the nvidia runtime (either as an explicit flag or as the default runtime).
  • A user has explicitly specified legacy as the NVIDIA Container Runtime mode.
  • Use cases such as enroot that invoke the nvidia-container-cli direclty.
  • When using CRI-O with an on-disk OCI prestart hook.
  • In the case of the GPU Operator where the legacy runtime handler is explicitly requested.

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thanks for clarifying. Its probably ok to leave as is

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@ArangoGutierrez pointed out that we need to update the documentation on configuring containerd and / or cri-o with drop-in files. I will add these edits.

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Drop-in files addition
LGTM

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Container Toolkit 1.18.0 release notes (#242)
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* initial draft of release notes and version updates

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <andrewch@nvidia.com>

* update release notes w/ feedback from elezar@

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <andrewch@nvidia.com>

* Release note updates

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* Add documentation for the systemd nvidia-container-toolkit.service (#203)

Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Arango Gutierrez <eduardoa@nvidia.com>

* Update CDI service instructions

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* fix typos

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* Changes for style guide compliance

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* Update container-toolkit/release-notes.md

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* Add curl to install instructions

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* Update containerd and crio instructions for drop-in files

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Container Toolkit 1.18.0 release notes (#242)
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* initial draft of release notes and version updates

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <andrewch@nvidia.com>

* update release notes w/ feedback from elezar@

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <andrewch@nvidia.com>

* Release note updates

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* Add documentation for the systemd nvidia-container-toolkit.service (#203)

Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Arango Gutierrez <eduardoa@nvidia.com>

* Update CDI service instructions

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* fix typos

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* Changes for style guide compliance

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* Update container-toolkit/release-notes.md

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* Add curl to install instructions

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* Update containerd and crio instructions for drop-in files

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Container Toolkit 1.18.0 release notes (#242)
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* initial draft of release notes and version updates

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* update release notes w/ feedback from elezar@

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <andrewch@nvidia.com>

* Release note updates

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* Add documentation for the systemd nvidia-container-toolkit.service (#203)

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* Update CDI service instructions

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* fix typos

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* Update containerd and crio instructions for drop-in files

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Container Toolkit 1.18.0 release notes (#242)
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* update release notes w/ feedback from elezar@

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* Release note updates

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* Add documentation for the systemd nvidia-container-toolkit.service (#203)

Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Arango Gutierrez <eduardoa@nvidia.com>

* Update CDI service instructions

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* fix typos

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* Changes for style guide compliance

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* Update container-toolkit/release-notes.md

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* Add curl to install instructions

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* Update containerd and crio instructions for drop-in files

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* Container Toolkit 1.18.0 release notes (#242)

* initial draft of release notes and version updates

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <andrewch@nvidia.com>

* update release notes w/ feedback from elezar@

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <andrewch@nvidia.com>

* Release note updates

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* Add documentation for the systemd nvidia-container-toolkit.service (#203)

Signed-off-by: Carlos Eduardo Arango Gutierrez <eduardoa@nvidia.com>

* Update CDI service instructions

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* fix typos

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* Changes for style guide compliance

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* Update container-toolkit/release-notes.md

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* Add curl to install instructions

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

* Update containerd and crio instructions for drop-in files

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

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