Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:53:08 +0100 From: "Floyd, Paul" <paulf2718@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <371b758c-1efa-b5df-6437-ce4f06369383@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACc-My0Fu8yORoi8DW9dCL8EgmmRodH9YdMwNeFDybmDWpCRXQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <CAOtMX2gh98wbQ48S51QwpYfrnexpVb4vL%2BFVuxgLnT1otYjuAQ@mail.gmail.com> <bc3ba6502d5c5776f44304ff7878a5eb@bsdforge.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2111240056470.68830@ai.fobar.qr> <d45757d9-b5ca-e1c7-5a1c-18159227de17@gmail.com> <CACc-My1jjd=7rSpEA8rg6y_Qq=ebL-WsTZdhv40Zs=F=XfZqyg@mail.gmail.com> <CACc-My0Fu8yORoi8DW9dCL8EgmmRodH9YdMwNeFDybmDWpCRXQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> Message du 24/11/21 11:08 > De : "Stefan Blachmann" > Port nouveau to FreeBSD. > > Reason: > There are ongoing changes in the xorg API which break older > proprietary Nvidia cards' legacy drivers. > In addition, Nvidia plans to drop/discontinue support for their 390 > driver in 2022. > Nvidia already stopped support releases for their 340 and older > drivers so that a lot of Nvidia graphics cards can no longer be used > on FreeBSD already or will be unusable very soon. > > https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142/~/support-timeframes-for-unix-legacy-gpu-releases That's bad news that I hadn't seen. However I'm not sure that porting nouveau will help. My experience on Fedora is that nouveau simply never works. A+ Paul
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