From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 20:54:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DB0449A; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:54:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from vps.rulingia.com (host-122-100-2-194.octopus.com.au [122.100.2.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C688FC0A; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:54:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.rulingia.com (c220-239-254-150.belrs5.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.254.150]) by vps.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBCKrs6Z006341 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:53:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.rulingia.com (localhost.rulingia.com [127.0.0.1]) by server.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBCKrnwF046007 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:53:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.rulingia.com) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qBCKrnmp046002; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:53:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:53:49 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Dieter BSD Subject: Re: Seeking BSD friendly video card Message-ID: <20121212205349.GG39534@server.rulingia.com> References: <20121212193342.310740@gmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="E13BgyNx05feLLmH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121212193342.310740@gmx.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.rulingia.com/keys/peter.pgp User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:54:04 -0000 --E13BgyNx05feLLmH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-Dec-12 14:33:40 -0500, Dieter BSD wrote: >Seeking a video card that is completely documented and is >fully supported (with source code) by the BSDs. The closest you will get is a card with an older AMD/ATI chipset (Radeon HD 2xxx or 4xxx) - the newer ones need KMS (which isn't supported on FreeBSD). AMD did release full programming specs for some ATI chipsets - you'll need to check the AMD website for the specific card. Unfortunately, they don't have ECC for onboard RAM and so won't be acceptable to you. The rest of your requirements are a matter of the specific card and they change very rapidly. >A gpu-less framebuffer is fine. (No videogaming) A GPU is used for more than gaming. >Bonus points for not even needing a heatsink. I'd be absolutely amazed if you can find this in anything more recent than a Matrox Millenium II. --=20 Peter Jeremy --E13BgyNx05feLLmH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlDI7t0ACgkQ/opHv/APuIeVYgCcDvOs9x63TfgMO5ywTfFxXNqk uJYAn01+kAuQTUGUaX+Sm6j3HQzvXkeE =I6y1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E13BgyNx05feLLmH--