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[192.94.31.2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t11sm16575467wrz.97.2021.11.30.03.53.09 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:53:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <371b758c-1efa-b5df-6437-ce4f06369383@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:53:08 +0100 List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.2 From: "Floyd, Paul" Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4J3LFp1031z4dWB X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=qN4EcVUU; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of paulf2718@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::32b as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=paulf2718@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.61 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20210112]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[0.999]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.62)[-0.617]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::32b:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.989]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N > 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