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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:02:11 -0500
From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>
To: "Giulio Ferro" <auryn@zirakzigil.org>
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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Alastair Hogge <agh@tpg.com.au>
Subject: Re: Nvidia amd64
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On 9/27/07, Giulio Ferro <auryn@zirakzigil.org> wrote:
> Alastair Hogge wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:15:52 Giulio Ferro wrote:
> >
> >> What is the status of the work required by the vidia guys
> >> so that they can code their driver for amd64 architecture?
> >>
> > Hey,
> >
> > There is no driver.
> I sort of surmised that already...
>
>
> >  Status can be found here:
> > http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests
> > Also you can find more info on the nvnews FreeBSD fourms.
> >
> >
>
>
> So, we are still years away from seeing a working nvidia driver,
> by the look of it...

I guess what I am confused about, is there someone actively working on
the Nvidia requests, or does a capable individual need to take the
lead on this project?

Sam Fourman Jr.