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Expand Up @@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ The following table describes the supported driver capabilities:
- Description

* - ``compute``
- Required for CUDA and OpenCL applications. When present on the host,
- required for CUDA and OpenCL applications. When present on the host,
the NVIDIA OpenCL ICD file is also available in the container.

* - ``compat32``
- required for running 32-bit applications.

* - ``graphics``
- Required for running OpenGL, EGL, and Vulkan applications.
- required for rendering OpenGL, EGL, and Vulkan applications.

* - ``utility``
- required for using ``nvidia-smi`` and NVML.
Expand All @@ -190,9 +190,15 @@ The following table describes the supported driver capabilities:
- required for using the Video Codec SDK.

* - ``display``
- required for leveraging X11 display.
- required for displaying X11 or Wayland windows. Implies ``graphics``.
```

:::{note}
`NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES` replaces the default capabilities rather than adding to them, so list every
capability your application needs. An application that displays 3D rendered output on X11 or Wayland requires
`compute,graphics,display`, for instance.
:::

For example, to allow usage of CUDA and NVML, specify the `compute` and `utility` capabilities:

> ```console
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