From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 11 06:50:29 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0C1816A417 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:50:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (muon.bluestop.org [IPv6:2001:41c8:1:548a::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFA913C447 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:50:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.draftnet (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:1::5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8AE30177; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:50:21 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <470DC7A7.6010206@cran.org.uk> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:50:15 +0100 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aryeh Friedman References: <470DC1CB.3010705@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: rebranding a i386 binary to be a amd64 binary X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:50:29 -0000 Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On 10/11/07, Kris Kennaway 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