Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:28:34 +0200 From: "Joel Dahl" <joel@automatvapen.se> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/71737: [PATCH] FAQ update: Binary drivers from Nvidia Message-ID: <20040914182816.E14B937E44@smtp4-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200409141830.i8EIUO8C085198@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 71737
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] FAQ update: Binary drivers from Nvidia
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 14 18:30:23 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Joel Dahl
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD dude.automatvapen.se 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 #1: Sat Jul 10 16:52:28 CEST 2004 root@dude.automatvapen.se:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WORKSTATION i386
>Description:
The part in the FAQ that mentions the binary drivers from Nvidia is not correct.
It states that the last supported version of FreeBSD is 4.7, but the new drivers
support 4.9+ (STABLE) and 5.2.1+ (CURRENT). The attached patch fixes this.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- nvidia.diff begins here ---
--- book.sgml Mon Sep 13 19:33:32 2004
+++ new.book.sgml Tue Sep 14 20:17:41 2004
@@ -8254,14 +8254,17 @@
<answer>
<para>The availability of 3D acceleration depends on the
- version of &xfree86; you are using and the type of video chip
- you have. If you have an NVIDIA chip, you can use the binary
- drivers provided for FreeBSD 4.7 on the
- <ulink url="http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp">;
- Drivers</ulink> section of their website. For other cards
- with &xfree86;-4, including the Matrox G200/G400, ATI Rage
- 128/Radeon, and 3dfx Voodoo 3, 4, 5, and Banshee,
- information on hardware acceleration is available on the
+ version of &xfree86; or X.org you are using and the type of
+ video chip you have. If you have an NVIDIA chip, you can use
+ the binary drivers provided on the
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp">;
+ Drivers</ulink> section of their website. Read the
+ documentation for more information about the supported
+ versions of FreeBSD. For other cards with &xfree86;-4 or
+ X.org, including the Matrox G200/G400, ATI Rage 128/Radeon,
+ and 3dfx Voodoo 3, 4, 5, and Banshee, information on hardware
+ acceleration is available on the
<ulink
url="http://people.FreeBSD.org/~anholt/dri/">XFree86-4
Direct Rendering on FreeBSD</ulink> page. Users of
--- nvidia.diff ends here ---
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