From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 21:44:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DEA71065670; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:44:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF038FC12; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:44:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c2so2206060anc.13 for ; Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:44:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:references:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:cc; bh=XsUy3kJX8WlLlev5Jctnzh/ZI7YjLdSLhrikBZxFAhI=; b=tjaVQdEXnwxgbi2r2K1xBIasR8P2FKJrraOfx9knOZL/giATdDFxxsXdwWsW5+plyP I0iGD8i+B1NJm3ET2eil00QwPd+D6X7uuglHUaxMJqgXg6QpAr7Olk1Rz1LiJglf/qEn 4m8CdZ49AgxQSNEZaIUsYPDV4zXP59QthlPN8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date:cc; b=D8a/dMQn/v32yf/CMKCpzbpCUVoEkHaCc3abxPARjJ8Fhorkb98rTmwsd9eEKhrt9p kSul1LvDcGhzTNVB7RylsrT8c4PYhtmmKGO4SW/ck2GE2bvgXkEP1g/jiF6Zax8HmcX+ q3aMyyHT2c/b2yflD4OocaUvybtv/9cjYe8Ts= Received: by 10.100.111.11 with SMTP id j11mr9555913anc.15.1230846256093; Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:44:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.99.161.78? ([32.159.157.231]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c9sm35350291ana.59.2009.01.01.13.44.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:44:14 -0800 (PST) References: <7d6fde3d0812311757t7b7f6830jb1351d550ceeacd9@mail.gmail.com> <200901011403.13435.agh@coolrhaug.com> <20090101130232.GA26197@freebsd.org> Message-Id: <03CD2B60-80A5-49D8-A504-DE2D68D643E7@gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Roman Divacky In-Reply-To: <20090101130232.GA26197@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5G77) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5G77) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:44:02 -0800 Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" , "czander@nvidia.com" , Alastair Hogge , Garrett Cooper Subject: Re: Posting a bounty for the nVidia 64-bit wishlist 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: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:44:17 -0000 On Jan 1, 2009, at 5:02, Roman Divacky wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 02:03:13PM +0900, Alastair Hogge wrote: >> On Thursday 01 January 2009 10:57:26 Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> Hello Hackers, >>> I have a request related to making FreeBSD to be a viable >>> platform >>> on AMD/Intel 64-bit architectures, such that functionality as >>> requested by Chris (see: >>> ). Please note that >>> some of these things would also no doubt positively affect other >>> groups (ATI, Intel, etc) when writing x*64 drivers for FreeBSD, so >>> the >>> list isn't just necessarily just applicable to nVidia. >>> If someone could list a number of sys/... files that I could look >>> at in order to get a brief grasp of what needs to be modified to >>> support proper 64-bit architecture vmem, pmap, etc, that would be >>> extremely helpful; I want to establish a reasonable timeframe and >>> skill set required for the task set, so I can establish a reasonable >>> monetary figure and/or resources to donate to the project. >>> Also, if anyone else is interested in this pursuit (I know there >>> are quite a few), feel free to contact me so we can coordinate our >>> efforts and pool our resources to get these sets of loose ends >>> finally >>> tied up to have a more accessible FreeBSD based desktop. >>> Thanks! >>> -Garrett >> Are you aware of the efforts the PC-BSD project is making? >> >> http://trac.pcbsd.org/browser/freebsd-projects/nvidia-work > > wow, is anyone working on this being review/integrated? I wasn't aware of that either. I'd be more than happy to support that work if it makes it back into the main tree. Thanks! -Garrett