From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Dec 10 20:31:32 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE5EAE9AD71 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x229.google.com (mail-it0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 741D81D3F for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x229.google.com with SMTP id b5so11416821itc.3 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:31:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=dO+/CKyOu66/qaCRZX/nA175O6DbliW6jCAnEXPqpw0=; b=WzutBBIYwPvwp65G5CEFWHj1Ce52U0Kjxbi43RqBys5PzsYJl+IFEsXedQLUYx1aAx KNcRZ1rrh3BrkimKpbB6pcDPJIVvYDUnSdcG7+o7w4ZgrZ1sEtvjISTZNtqkOlfKatZS TUOAsIMHnvgroHP0MKe7Kx9h2bVyEjYF17VLlBEZ9b4UUgl26uuvLFmrhk9+qqEpLUH0 dJqFhITjz0+hFsvRB1l3IdMBz5biUOjUTXCpo4EqJBny5U4m2Yem7Ie7dWxTjnLJIaPl zSMA7pJnlXJ4aiQTvVsG2Etm9j0Z9jFjvxZVpLN0im/f7HZ3KWk/87ee/c409nGeXpKj QNCA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=dO+/CKyOu66/qaCRZX/nA175O6DbliW6jCAnEXPqpw0=; b=I25ft1XlMe1KzCCh+LHlSPtsPBbcDoz9O/fl6ushsCU2IllCgDjOZnVmZT6QQ90XZ8 LNNSKANRXIw7yMpFk4GvfVpwNBmpdamhj8V+w0K4ne3w/zYDPC/lmn2MfN69KW7hdAus UhQtR5WaL9OQDXTGHoLbj+hc61Bb1fY5cCh+nFm2y7umugi2nTnj1XKtAnUDky2i24gQ r1I60U12cySOtNJXIuT6KzJ2GGAKuXcJ3/GogOBLwQZ14n5SFCRuKWdjopZDPRf9Gk7S VQbxbq3KROxhXgcXpEtSRKl7kx11VI5rDdb9MQsBFj8hdAzcGec5RxQwePOic2ALMFWn EUbw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mI3QdCvsOE6hR/gkeaFIddnxcyhKA3awcLK6o6lY0rlrCYy9i72 tXVBaCr09ztOipUAa4cOFEfZsXjfAWCaiauztpnFctaZ X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMaUI1Y43I4tV/bvbZOIp64hjvG5cUkcuKGukcdk4RN6h2ivFOVOvSKdRc9F6wy4wUsII5CaxHrEoDj0oBZSNYI= X-Received: by 10.36.221.147 with SMTP id t141mr14535535itf.140.1512937891777; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:31:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.11.31 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:31:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20171210202733.82d271c7b45a85f28b5ff46c@sohara.org> References: <34331.107.77.207.211.1512384505.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <0545699d-9df7-ced2-4990-27e3ecb8e531@ShaneWare.Biz> <5A2D8FA7.2030401@gmail.com> <20171210202733.82d271c7b45a85f28b5ff46c@sohara.org> From: blubee blubeeme Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:31:31 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: CUDA under FreeBSD To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" Cc: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:31:32 -0000 On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 4:27 AM, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:48:55 -0700 > JD wrote: > > > It seems (to me) that fbsd might be dropped altogether, and developers > > will not waste their time and talent on an OS that has a very very small > > installed base. > > People have been saying things like that about FreeBSD for the last > twenty years, it's still going strong. > > Developers spend time on FreeBSD because they want FreeBSD, they > don't really care how many other people want it as well so long as there > are enough people interested in developing it to keep it going and > improving. > > Companies like nVidia do care about market share, they know that if > they provide Linux support it will make a noticeable difference to their > sales but FreeBSD support probably won't. > > It seems very likely (but impossible to tell for sure) that the > installed base of FreeBSD is larger today than it was when ftp.cdrom.com > held the record for the busiest ftp site a couple of decades ago. However > the installed base of Linux is far larger than it was then (larger than the > installed base of any other OS if you include Android as a flavour of > Linux). > > -- > Steve O'Hara-Smith > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > NVidia just Loves Open Source, even Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oniC93r2o9I So much they wrap windows binaries and toss them off to Linux. Ask those Linux Nouveau guys just how much love NVidia shows them. You have two options, fix it or let it be. What's with kicking up all the dust? Can't fix it, go do something productive and learn.