From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 23:19:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D119A16A41F; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:19:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vkushnir@i.kiev.ua) Received: from horse.iptelecom.net.ua (horse.iptelecom.net.ua [212.9.224.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB1E43D6B; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:19:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vkushnir@i.kiev.ua) Received: from h72.241.159.dialup.iptcom.net ([213.159.241.72]:4308 "EHLO kushnir1.kiev.ua" ident: "SOCKFAULT1" whoson: "vkushnir") by horse.iptelecom.net.ua with ESMTP id S1219466AbVKVXTc (ORCPT + 1 other); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:19:32 +0200 Received: from kushnir1.kiev.ua (kushnir1.kiev.ua [10.0.0.1]) by kushnir1.kiev.ua (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jAMNJTYi004180; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:19:29 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from vkushnir@i.kiev.ua) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:19:29 +0200 (EET) From: Vladimir Kushnir X-X-Sender: vkushnir@kushnir1.kiev.ua To: Maxime Henrion In-Reply-To: <20051121150552.GH1327@elvis.mu.org> Message-ID: <20051123011358.J3135@kushnir1.kiev.ua> References: <20051119015322.S27789@kushnir1.kiev.ua> <20051121093058.165817d1.alvest@earthlink.net> <20051121150552.GH1327@elvis.mu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Albert Vest Subject: Re: ATI drivers for FreeBSD - anything? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:19:36 -0000 On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Maxime Henrion wrote: > Albert Vest wrote: >> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 01:58:25 +0200 (EET) >> Vladimir Kushnir wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Is there any project on FreeBSD wrapper for ATI Linux drivers (like >>> nVidia's used to be)? If so - I'd be more than happy to test (sorry I can >>> hardly write it myself). >>> >>> Regards, >>> Vladimir >> >> I too would welcome this, mainly for ATI sound but also for video. >> >> I see the x11/nvidia-driver port can still be built with LINUX compatibility turned on; maybe if we "make extract" with LINUX=yes, the source code will contain some hints to how it can be done? > > The Linux compatibility in the nvidia-driver has nothing to do with a > wrapper to run Linux drivers; nVidia releases a build of this driver for > FreeBSD. The Linux compatibility option is here to install nVidia's > Linux OpenGL libraries so that Linux binaries can run with FreeBSD's > driver. This is possible because nVidia's OpenGL libraries communicate > with the driver by using /dev/nvidia and the FreeBSD driver offers the > same interface. In short, there is no easy way to use the ATI drivers > for Linux under FreeBSD. > True, but before they've started releasing them there was a wrapper in ports which used the Linux driver (and I think that was what motivated nVidia to release FreeBSD drivers). I just thought might be somebody who knows better than myself woud feel interested enough to write a similar wrapper for ATI drivers (which could eventualy stir them towards the same direction as nVidia). It looks I was wrong. A pity. Regards, Vladimir