Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:00:45 +1000 From: Brett Wildermoth <B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> To: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 + Nvidia Display Card Message-ID: <200507142000.46274.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <42D62DB7.5040301@ultra-secure.de> References: <200507131933.12318.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> <200507140743.11021.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> <42D62DB7.5040301@ultra-secure.de>
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--nextPart1242507.ZcnZNn1fVI Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:17 pm, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Brett Wildermoth wrote: > >On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:18 am, owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org wrote: > >>On Wednesday 13 July 2005 10:26 am, Kenneth Culver wrote: > >>>Quoting Brett Wildermoth <B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au>: > >>>>To all my fellow FreeBSD users, > >>>> > >>>>I assume I am not the only one who is in this predicament. I have just > >>>>bought seven AMD 64s with NVIDIA PCI-X graphics. With 5.4 I can get > >>>>everything bar the network and X to work, with 6.0 I can get the > >>>>network to work also. However no matter what I do I can't get X to > >>>>work. > >>>> > >>>>Why doesn't NVIDIA make a graphics driver for FreeBSD AMD64. They > >>>>make one for > >>>>Linux x86-64 and one for FreeBSD-x86. > >>>> > >>>>Perhaps would could all post a message on nvforum. I see some people > >>>>already have..... > >>>> > >>>>Perhaps NVIDIA think FreeBSD is just a hobby OS...... > >>> > >>>Last I heard, nvidia had no plans to make a FreeBSD amd64 driver. Just > >>>post that > >>>you're pissed about it like the rest of us are... maybe they'll > >>>reconsider. > >> > >>Not true. FreeBSD's kernel doesn't provide some things needed for an > >> amd64 driver to be feasible. > > > >Like what???? what are these features? and if they are really important > > why aren't they on the cards to be included into FreeBSD...... > > I think this has come up before (multiple times...almost a FAQ-candidate > IMO). > AFAICR, the changes are not in CURRENT, yet, but there are plans to > integrate them in the future. > > Can't you just run those AMD-boxes in i386-mode, for the time being? > > BTW: wouldn't it be good to note things like these in the > "errata"-section in the handbook? > The port itself is marked as "ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386". But usually, by the > time one reaches that stage, the hardware has already been bought ;-) > > Do all other Xorg-drivers work on AMD64? > > > > > cheers, > Rainer The card is too new to be supported by the nv 2D driver supplied in Xorg. A= ny=20 card supported by the standard Xorg under FreeBSD x86 is also supported und= er=20 =46reeBSD x86-64 with the same capabilities. Brett =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ Brett Wildermoth BEng(ME) MPhil Lecturer / PhD Student School of Microelectronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Info. Tech. Ph. +61 7 3875 5063, Fax. +61 7 3875 5384 Email. B.Wildermoth@grifith.edu.au =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ --nextPart1242507.ZcnZNn1fVI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC1jfObSsZm/bQWSwRAmtLAJ9uvRcI7HVouz7XtppZgACQrQwg5QCaAlWq 6GeWnYspgbPmvUcfiHtKTQg= =nNY3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1242507.ZcnZNn1fVI--
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