Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:50:15 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rebranding a i386 binary to be a amd64 binary Message-ID: <470DC7A7.6010206@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920710102334j29c648bdmc0109afeb2ac659f@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920710102232q415939ye2788ba977313ba2@mail.gmail.com> <470DC1CB.3010705@FreeBSD.org> <bef9a7920710102334j29c648bdmc0109afeb2ac659f@mail.gmail.com>
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Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On 10/11/07, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Aryeh Friedman wrote: >>> Even though I know this is asking for it I want to test the new nVidia >>> driver on amd64 and the only issue with a hand compile (from nVidia's >>> tar not the ports one) is src/nv-kernel.o is branded elf-i386-32 and >>> amd64 wants it branded elf-amd64-64. This file comes from them as a >>> precompiled object so rebranding seems to be my only option. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >> Uh it really is an i386 binary, "rebranding" won't magically change all >> the code. > > All I want to do is make it compile so I can test it (like I said I > know it is inherently dangerous) There are several kernel features that need to be implemented before an amd64 nVidia driver will work - see http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests for more info. nVidia do want to create an amd64 driver, but they need the kernel work to be done first. -- Bruce
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