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On 12/13/2011 14:21, Dieter BSD wrote:
> John writes:
>> As an open source developer I am in regular contact with
>> developers from nvidia who support the
>> nvidia driver on FreeBSD that they actively maintain.
> 
> I wasn't aware that nvidia was maintaining an open source driver
> for their cards.  When did this happen?  Seems like this would have
> been major news.
> 
> Matt writes:
>> Vidia binary blob and the support from nVidia on the forums is generally
>> accepted as a best-effort endeavour.
> 
> Binary blobs are completely unacceptable,

... to you. So, don't use them. No worries.

> Do we really need to rehash this over and over again?

Nope. In fact it would be great if you just stopped. :)


Doug

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