Nouveau (nVidia) cards

modulename: nouveau.ko

configname: CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Graphics support
└─>Direct Rendering Manager
└─>Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
└─>Nouveau (nVidia) cards
In linux kernel since version 2.6.33 (release Date: 2010-02-24)  
Choose this option for open-source nVidia support.

source code:
drivers/gpu/drm//nouveau/


is selected by
CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_SVM