From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 24 05:31:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A13A316A41F for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:31:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBDE43D49 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:31:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id jAO5YBb79928; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:34:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Hans Nieser" , Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:31:07 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: <4383136B.9020409@nieser.net> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Does FreeBSD 6.0 fully support PCI-Express? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:31:13 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: Hans Nieser [mailto:hans@nieser.net] >Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:48 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 6.0 fully support PCI-Express? > > >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> This is correct. The various driver authors who have been >> affected by the PCI Express issue have implemented logic in >> their probe code that activates the devices on pci express busses, >> so for most devices it's a non-issue. But this is kludgy and >> there's been discussion in the core as to try to get someone >> to write a PCI Express driver that would talk to the bus >> and would handle the devices the way the buss is intended. >> >> You still get weirdness though - for example on several Intel >> motherboards that have PCI Express that I've run FBSD on, >> the BSD kernel complains about no interrupt being available >> for the serial port. But the serial port works anyway. >> >> I'm surprised you didn't find this with Google, it's in >> there. Perhaps look through the mailing list archives? >> >> As far as I know Nvidia hasn't allowed Xorg to write drivers >> for their cards, all the nvidia drivers out there are >> binaries from Nvidia. This for me would cross that card >> off my list. >> >> In any case, this really isn't a FreeBSD issue, it's an Xorg >> issue and you should ask on those mailing lists. Others have >> had Nvidia troubles for other reasons and should be able to >> better advise you. > >Many thanks for your clarification Ted. I did post to >freebsd-x11 but the >list seems relatively low-traffic and unfortunately got no responses. I was meaning post to the xorg@lists.freedesktop.org list. Ted