NVIDIA · a-mccarthy · Feb 27, 2025 · Feb 27, 2025 · Mar 12, 2025 · Mar 13, 2025
diff --git a/gpu-operator/getting-started.rst b/gpu-operator/getting-started.rst
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ To view all the options, run ``helm show values nvidia/gpu-operator``.
        Set this value to ``false`` when using the Operator on systems with pre-installed drivers.
      - ``true``
 
+  * - ``driver.kernelModelType``
+    - Specifies the type of driver kernel modules to be used when installing the GPU driver.
+      Accepted values are `auto` (defualt), `proprietary` and `open`. 
+      * `auto` means that the recommended kernel module type is chosen based on the GPU devices on the host and the driver branch used.
+      * `proprietary` means the propietary kernel modules.
+    - ``auto``
+
    * - ``driver.repository``
      - The images are downloaded from NGC. Specify another image repository when using
        custom driver images.
@@ -197,8 +204,11 @@ To view all the options, run ``helm show values nvidia/gpu-operator``.
        runs slowly in your cluster.
      - ``60s``
 
-   * - ``driver.useOpenKernelModules``
-     - When set to ``true``, the driver containers install the NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel module driver.
+   * - ``driver.useOpenKernelModules`` (deprecated)
+     - Use `kernelModelType` instead. 
+       This field is no longer honor in v25.3.0 and later. 
+       It  will be removed in future release.
+       When set to ``true``, the driver containers install the NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel module driver.
      - ``false``
 
    * - ``driver.usePrecompiled``

diff --git a/gpu-operator/life-cycle-policy.rst b/gpu-operator/life-cycle-policy.rst
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ The product life cycle and versioning are subject to change in the future.
    * - GPU Operator Version
      - Status
 
-   * - 24.9.x
+   * - 25.3.x
      - Generally Available
 
-   * - 24.6.x
+   * - 24.9.x
      - Maintenance
 
-   * - 24.3.x and lower
+   * - 24.6.x and lower
      - EOL
 
 
@@ -98,35 +98,35 @@ Refer to :ref:`Upgrading the NVIDIA GPU Operator` for more information.
        | `535.216.03 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-535-216-03/index.html>`_
 
    * - NVIDIA Driver Manager for Kubernetes
-     - `v0.7.0 <https://ngc.nvidia.com/catalog/containers/nvidia:cloud-native:k8s-driver-manager>`__
+     - `v0.8.0 <https://ngc.nvidia.com/catalog/containers/nvidia:cloud-native:k8s-driver-manager>`__
 
    * - NVIDIA Container Toolkit
      - `1.17.4 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/releases>`__
 
    * - NVIDIA Kubernetes Device Plugin
-     - `0.17.0 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/releases>`__
+     - `0.17.1 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/releases>`__
 
    * - DCGM Exporter
-     - `3.3.9-3.6.1 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/dcgm-exporter/releases>`__
+     - `4.1.1-4.0.4 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/dcgm-exporter/releases>`__
 
    * - Node Feature Discovery
-     - v0.16.6
+     - `v0.17.2 <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/releases/>`__
 
    * - | NVIDIA GPU Feature Discovery
        | for Kubernetes
      - `0.17.0 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin/releases>`__
 
    * - NVIDIA MIG Manager for Kubernetes
-     - `0.10.0 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted/tree/main/deployments/gpu-operator>`__
+     - `0.11.0 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted/tree/main/deployments/gpu-operator>`__
 
    * - DCGM
-     - `3.3.9-1 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/dcgm/latest/release-notes/changelog.html>`__
+     - `4.1.1 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/dcgm/latest/release-notes/changelog.html>`__
 
    * - Validator for NVIDIA GPU Operator
      - ${version}
 
    * - NVIDIA KubeVirt GPU Device Plugin
-     - `v1.2.10 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/kubevirt-gpu-device-plugin>`__
+     - `v1.3.1 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/kubevirt-gpu-device-plugin>`__
 
    * - NVIDIA vGPU Device Manager
      - `v0.2.8 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/vgpu-device-manager>`__
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ Refer to :ref:`Upgrading the NVIDIA GPU Operator` for more information.
      - `2.20.5 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/gds-nvidia-fs/releases>`__
 
    * - NVIDIA Kata Manager for Kubernetes
-     - `v0.2.2 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-kata-manager>`__
+     - `v0.2.3 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-kata-manager>`__
 
    * - | NVIDIA Confidential Computing
        | Manager for Kubernetes
      - v0.1.1
 
    * - NVIDIA GDRCopy Driver
-     - `v2.4.1-1 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/gdrcopy/releases>`__
+     - `v2.4.4 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/gdrcopy/releases>`__
 
 .. _gds-open-kernel:
 

diff --git a/gpu-operator/platform-support.rst b/gpu-operator/platform-support.rst
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Operating System    Kubernetes           KubeVirt              OpenShift Virtual
 ================    ===========   =============   =========    =============    ===========
 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS    1.23---1.29   0.36+           0.59.1+
 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS    1.23---1.29   0.36+           0.59.1+
-Red Hat Core OS                                                4.12---4.17      4.13---4.17
+Red Hat Core OS                                                4.12---4.18      4.13---4.18
 ================    ===========   =============   =========    =============    ===========
 
 You can run GPU passthrough and NVIDIA vGPU in the same cluster as long as you use

diff --git a/gpu-operator/release-notes.rst b/gpu-operator/release-notes.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,93 @@ See the :ref:`GPU Operator Component Matrix` for a list of software components a
 
 ----
 
+.. _v25.3.0:
+
+25.3.0
+======
+
+.. _v25.3.0-new-features:
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+* Added support for the following software component versions:
+
+  - NVIDIA Container Toolkit version v1.15.0
+  - NVIDIA Driver Manager for Kubernetes v0.8.0
+  - NVIDIA DCGM Exporter v4.1.1-4.0.4
+  - NVIDIA DCGM v4.1.1
+  - Node Feature Discovery v0.17.2
+  - NVIDIA MIG Manager for Kubernetes v0.11.0
+  - NVIDIA KubeVirt GPU Device Plugin v1.3.1
+  - NVIDIA Kata Manager for Kubernetes v0.2.3
+  - NVIDIA GDRCopy Driver v2.4.4
+
+
+* Added new parameter, `kernelModuleType`, to the ClusterPolicy and NVIDIADriver APIs which specifies how the GPU Operator and driver containers will choose kernel models to use.
+  The `kernelModuleType` field supports three values to determine how the the kernal model is selected. Valid values for the new field are auto (default), open, and proprietary.
+
+  In previous versions, the `useOpenKernelModules` field specified the driver containers to install the NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel module driver. 
+  This field is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
+  If you were using the `useOpenKernelModules` field, it's recommended that you update your configuration to use the `kernelModuleType` field instead.   
+
+  Note, `auto`` is only supported with the 570.86.15 and 570.124.06 or later driver containers. 
+  550 and 535 branch drivers do not yet support this mode.
+  If you wish to install the open kernel modules with 550 or 535 drivers, set `driver.kernelModuleType=open`.
+
+* Added support for Ubuntu 24.04.
+
+* Added support for NVIDIA HGX GB200 NVL.
+
+* Added support for OpenShift 4.18.
+
+* Add support for Containerd 2.0.
+
+* Added support for the following driver versions: 570.yy.zz, 550.yy.zz, 535.yy.zz
+
+* Added support for new MIG profiles with HGX B200.
+
+  * Added support for the following profiles:
+
+    * ``1g.23gb``
+    * ``1g.23gb+me``
+    * ``1g.45gb``
+    * ``2g.45gb``
+    * ``3g.90gb``
+    * ``7g.180gb``
+
+  * Added an ``all-balanced`` profile creates the following GPU instances:
+
+    * ``1g.23gb`` :math:`\times` 2
+    * ``2g.45gb`` :math:`\times` 1
+    * ``3g.90gb`` :math:`\times` 1
+
+Improvements 
+------------
+
+* Improved security by removing unneeded permissions in the GPU Operator ClusterRole.
+
+* Improved GPU Operator metrics to include a `operatorMetricsNamespace` field that sets the metrcis namespace to `gpu_operator`.
+
+.. _v25.3.0-fixed-issues:
+
+Fixed Issues
+------------
+
+* Removed default liveiness prode from the GDS and GDRCopy containers of the driver-daemonset. 
+Long response times of the `lsmod` commands were causing timeout errors in the probe and unnecessary restarts of the container, resulting in the DaemonSet being in a bad state.
+
+* Fixed an issue where the GPU Operator failed to create a valid DaemonSet name on OpenShift Container Platform when using 64 kernel page size.
+  Refer to Github `issue #1207 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/issues/1207>`__ for more details.
+
+* Removed deprecated `operator.defaultRuntime`` parameter.
+
+.. _v25.3.0-known-limitations:
+
+Known Limitations
+-----------------
+
+
 .. _v24.9.2:
 
 24.9.2

diff --git a/gpu-operator/versions1.json b/gpu-operator/versions1.json
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 [
   {
     "preferred": "true",
+    "url": "../25.3.0",
+    "version": "25.3.0"
+  },
+  {
+    "url": "../24.9.2",
+    "version": "24.9.2"
+  },
+  {
     "url": "../24.9.1",
     "version": "24.9.1"
   },
@@ -15,13 +23,5 @@
   {
     "url": "../24.6.1",
     "version": "24.6.1"
-  },
-  {
-    "url": "../24.6.0",
-    "version": "24.6.0"
-  },
-  {
-    "url": "../24.3.0",
-    "version": "24.3.0"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/openshift/versions1.json b/openshift/versions1.json
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 [
+  {
+    "preferred": "true",
+    "url": "../25.3.0",
+    "version": "25.3.0"
+  }, 
+  {
+    "url": "../24.9.2",
+    "version": "24.9.2"
+  },
   {
     "preferred": "true",
     "url": "../24.9.1",
@@ -12,12 +21,4 @@
     "url": "../24.6.2",
     "version": "24.6.2"
   },
-  {
-    "url": "../24.6.1",
-    "version": "24.6.1"
-  },
-  {
-    "url": "../24.3.0",
-    "version": "24.3.0"
-  }
 ]
diff --git a/repo.toml b/repo.toml
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ output_format = "linkcheck"
 docs_root = "${root}/gpu-operator"
 project = "gpu-operator"
 name = "NVIDIA GPU Operator"
-version = "24.9.2"
-source_substitutions = { version = "v24.9.2", recommended = "570.86.15" }
+version = "25.3.0"
+source_substitutions = { version = "v25.3.0", recommended = "570.86.15" }
 copyright_start = 2020
 sphinx_exclude_patterns = [
   "life-cycle-policy.rst",
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ output_format = "linkcheck"
 docs_root = "${root}/openshift"
 project = "gpu-operator-openshift"
 name = "NVIDIA GPU Operator on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform"
-version = "24.9.2"
+version = "25.3.0"
 copyright_start = 2020
 sphinx_exclude_patterns = [
   "get-entitlement.rst",
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ docs_root = "${root}/secure-services-istio-keycloak"
 project = "secure-services-istio-keycloak"
 name = "Securing NVIDIA Services with Istio and Keycloak"
 version = "0.1.0"
-copyright_start = 2024
+copyright_start = 2025
 
 [repo_docs.projects.secure-services-istio-keycloak.builds.linkcheck]
 build_by_default = false