Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:22:52 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@corbulon.video-collage.com> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing NVidia's driver for Linux/amd64 to work on FreeBSD/amd64 Message-ID: <425C9E9C.30501@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200504130350.j3D3ojql043997@corbulon.video-collage.com>
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Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Hello! > > Based on the x11/nvidia-driver port I compile the open-source bits of the FreeBSD-driver. > > I then link them with the binary-only piece from NVidia, which produces an nvidia.ko, that > can be kldloaded to say: > > kernel: nvidia0: <Quadro FX 1000> mem 0xe0000000-0xe7ffffff,0xfd000000-0xfdffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > > I then put the Linux version of nvidia_drv.o into X11BASE/lib/modules/drivers/ and try to start X > using the same config file I used with this same card on my older Xeon system. > > > The machine hangs solid -- the last things I see from the X-server are: > > [...] > (II) Setting vga for screen 0. > (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 > (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565 > (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor > (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200,1600x1200" > (==) NVIDIA(0): Using HW cursor > (==) NVIDIA(0): Video key set to default value of 0x83e > (**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled > (--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000 > (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xFD000000 > > Is mine a totally wrong method, or is there hope? Any suggestions? > > I just want my two screens to work again :-) > > Thanks! > > -mi The Linux driver is likely assuming that it can use the PAT extension of the CPU, but we don't support it (yet). Scotthome | help
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