v25.3.2 driver update (#221)

* added new drivers

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <[email protected]>

* incorporated feedback

Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: Andrew Chen <[email protected]>

Author: chenopis

gpu-operator/life-cycle-policy.rst

@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ Refer to :ref:`Upgrading the NVIDIA GPU Operator` for more information.
 
    * - NVIDIA GPU Driver |ki|_
      - | `575.57.08 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-575-57-08/index.html>`_ 
-       | `570.158.01 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-570-158-01/index.html>`_ (recommended)
-       | `570.148.08 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-570-148-08/index.html>`_ (default)
+       | `570.172.08 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-570-172-08/index.html>`_ (default, recommended)        
+       | `570.158.01 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-570-158-01/index.html>`_
+       | `570.148.08 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-570-148-08/index.html>`_
+       | `535.261.03 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-535-261-03/index.html>`_
        | `550.163.01 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-550-163-01/index.html>`_
        | `535.247.01 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-535-247-01/index.html>`_ 
 

gpu-operator/release-notes.rst

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ New Features
   - NVIDIA Kubernetes Device Plugin/NVIDIA GPU Feature Discovery v0.17.3
   - NVIDIA MIG Manager for Kubernetes v0.12.2
 
+* Added support for the following NVIDIA Data Center GPU Driver versions:
+
+  - 570.172.08 (default, recommended)
+  - 535.261.03 
+
 .. _v25.3.2-known-issues:
 
 Known Issues
@@ -56,8 +61,8 @@ Known Issues
 * For drivers 570.124.06, 570.133.20, 570.148.08, and 570.158.01,
   GPU workloads cannot be scheduled on nodes that have a mix of MIG slices and full GPUs. 
   This manifests as GPU pods getting stuck indefinitely in the ``Pending`` state. 
-  NVIDIA recommends that you downgrade the driver to version 570.86.15 to work around this issue.
-  For more detailed information, see GitHub issue #1361 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/issue/1361>__.
+  NVIDIA recommends that you upgrade the driver to version 570.172.08 to avoid this issue.
+  For more detailed information, see GitHub issue https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/issue/1361.
 
 * Configuring the Operator to enable CDI is not supported on Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 (RKE2).
 
@@ -83,7 +88,9 @@ New Features
 
 * Added support for the following NVIDIA Data Center GPU Driver versions:
 
-  - 570.148.08 (default, recommended)
+  - 570.172.08 (default, recommended)
+  - 535.261.03 
+  - 570.148.08
   - 570.133.20 
   - 550.163.01
   - 535.247.01
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ Known Issues
 * For drivers 570.124.06, 570.133.20, 570.148.08, and 570.158.01,
   GPU workloads cannot be scheduled on nodes that have a mix of MIG slices and full GPUs. 
   This manifests as GPU pods getting stuck indefinitely in the ``Pending`` state. 
-  It's recommended that you downgrade the driver to version 570.86.15 to work around this issue.
+  NVIDIA recommends that you upgrade the driver to version 570.172.08 to avoid this issue.
   For more detailed information, see GitHub issue https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/issues/1361.
 
 * GPU Operator in CDI mode is not operational with RKE2.

openshift/install-gpu-ocp.rst

@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Create the cluster policy using the web console
 
       .. note:: For OpenShift 4.12 with GPU Operator 25.3.1 or later, you must expand the **Driver** section and set the following fields:
 
-         - **version**: 570.148.08 (or another supported version)
+         - **version**: 570.172.08 (or another supported version)
          - **image**: driver (or another supported image)
          - **repository**: nvcr.io/nvidia (or another supported repository)
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Create the cluster policy using the CLI
          "driver": {
               "repository": "nvcr.io/nvidia",
               "image": "driver",
-              "version": "570.148.08"
+              "version": "570.172.08"
          }
 
    .. code-block:: console

repo.toml

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ docs_root = "${root}/gpu-operator"
 project = "gpu-operator"
 name = "NVIDIA GPU Operator"
 version = "25.3.2"
-source_substitutions = { version = "v25.3.2", recommended = "570.148.08" }
+source_substitutions = { version = "v25.3.2", recommended = "570.172.08" }
 copyright_start = 2020
 sphinx_exclude_patterns = [
   "life-cycle-policy.rst",