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Date:      Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:54:16 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Toll, Eric" <etoll@vipstructures.com>
Subject:   Re: freebsd-gfx-bugs@nvidia.com
Message-ID:  <20050616175416.GD44491@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200506161324.40052.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A944E4D6F@VIP10-WIN2K> <200506161324.40052.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 01:24:39PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday 16 June 2005 09:44 am, Toll, Eric wrote:
> > freebsd-gfx-bugs@nvidia.com is the correct email address to
> > request an AMD64 FreeBSD AMD64 accelerated driver.
> >
> > I am using the ATI Radeon 9200 card with DRI for OpenGL.
> > (Thanks Roland!)  It's O..K.., but I'd rather have a Nvidia
> > card in there.  Perhaps all those with Nforce chipset issues
> > could also request support for FreeBSD AMD64 as well.

Be carefull what you wish for. The Radeon works on amd64 because the
driver is open source and a couple of us were able to dive into the code
and fix it (it had a small 32-bit-ness issue). If your binary-only
Nvidia driver breaks you have to wait for nvidia to release a fix.

Encouraging binary drivers is like building a skyscraper on
quicksand. IMHO it's better to do business with people who are willing
to release documentation.

Roland
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