After reviewing the SDK documentation, I see the following:
Platform Prerequisites
On the hardware side, you will need one of the following:
• PC (x86 architecture) with a NVIDIA GPU (Maxwell based GPU minimum, Pascal based GPU recommended) and/or
• NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX 2 with the latest SDK/PDK flashed in the system.
Question: Can I start developing with a Linux x86 host that does not have a NVIDIA GPU card? I suspect not, but since the prerequisites say I only “need one of the following” (not both) I am not sure.