From e791f2f18aad061131e52b6351789610ae9f94c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zjy-dev <1208264743@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 00:40:29 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add cuDNN installation guidance for CUDA

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 README.md | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6dfee6b..1f1624a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 **CUDA Execution Provider (Nvidia)**
 
 1. Install [CUDA Toolkit 11.8.0](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-11-8-0-download-archive)
-2. Install dependencies:
+2. Install [cuDNN v8.9.7 for CUDA 11.x](https://developer.nvidia.com/rdp/cudnn-archive) (required for onnxruntime-gpu):
+   - Download cuDNN v8.9.7 for CUDA 11.x
+   - Make sure the cuDNN bin directory is in your system PATH
+3. Install dependencies:
 
 ```bash
 pip uninstall onnxruntime onnxruntime-gpu