Remove kmod-nvidia-570 - NVIDIA R570 driver branch reaches End of Life February 2026

[mgsharm]

Summary

The NVIDIA R570 driver branch is reaching End of Life (EOL) in February 2026. This issue tracks the removal of the kmod-nvidia-570 package from the kernel kit before this date.

Background

According to NVIDIA's official Data Center Driver documentation, the R570 branch is designated as a Production Branch with an EOL date of February 2026. After this date, NVIDIA will no longer provide bug fixes or security updates for this driver branch.

Reference

• NVIDIA Data Center Drivers - Supported Drivers and CUDA Toolkit Versions: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/drivers/supported-drivers-and-cuda-toolkit-versions.html

Action

Remove the kmod-nvidia-570 package from the bottlerocket-kernel-kit to ensure users are not running unsupported driver versions that will no longer receive security patches.

Migration

Users currently relying on the 570 driver should migrate to the R580 LTSB, which is supported through August 2028.