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Date:      Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:27:45 -0400
From:      Thomas Hoffmann <trh411@gmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: nvidia-driver and linux emulator
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Lundberg, Johannes <
johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp> wrote:

> I think it is needed if you want to use CUDA. However I could not get CUDA
> working with linuxulator. For just the gpu driver you shouldn't need
> linuxulator if I remember correctly because nVidia provides a native driver
> for FreeBSD.
>
> --
> Johannes Lundberg
> BRILLIANTSERVICE CO., LTD.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Nilton Jose Rizzo <rizzo@i805.com.br
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >    Is need to install nvidia-driver is really necessary install linux
> > emulator on the FreeBSD.11.0?
> >
> >    I need intall this driver and this need as dependency the linux
> emulator
> >
> >     Why?   In the near past it's not necessary.
> >
> > Rizzo
>

If you build x11/nvidia-driver with Linux compatability support then the
emulators/linux_base-f10 port gets installed as a run-time dependency.
Otherwise, no.

-Tom



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