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+# nvidia GPU device-plugin DaemonSet — pfv-k8s-wnode-tsys3 (Quadro M2000M 4G)
+# GPU verified end-to-end 2026-09-04 (#763/#769): pod with nvidia.com/gpu:1
+# schedules + nvidia-smi works in-container (driver 550.163.01, CUDA 12.4).
+# Prereq on the node: nvidia driver + nvidia-container-runtime (k3s).
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: nvidia-device-plugin-daemonset
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      name: nvidia-device-plugin-ds
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        name: nvidia-device-plugin-ds
+    spec:
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/hostname: pfv-k8s-wnode-tsys3
+      tolerations:
+        - key: CriticalAddonsOnly
+          operator: Exists
+      containers:
+        - name: nvidia-device-plugin-ctr
+          image: nvcr.io/nvidia/k8s-device-plugin:v0.17.0
+          args: ["--fail-on-init-error=false"]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: device-plugin
+              mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
+      volumes:
+        - name: device-plugin
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins