From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 2 22:55:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from lcremeans.erols.com (lcremeans.erols.com [216.164.87.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC56614C8B for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 22:55:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lee@lcremeans.erols.com) Received: (from lee@localhost) by lcremeans.erols.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id BAA52606; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 01:55:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lee) Message-ID: <19990603015532.A52577@erols.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 01:55:32 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: Wes Peters Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Good news from NVIDIA] References: <375615C9.CE0C2768@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <375615C9.CE0C2768@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 11:42:33PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.0-STABLE Organization: My room? Are you crazy? :) Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 11:42:33PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > Johan Jansson wrote: > > > > NVIDIA has released OpenGL drivers for Linux/X, with source, for all > > their chipsets. It also seems they intend these to be used as a base > > for other platforms as well (BeOS for example). Here is from the faq: > > > > "This distribution is meant to tide-us-over until that time, as well > > as provide source for other platforms that want RIVA support." > > > > I think this is extremely good news. The drivers and faq can be > > accessed from here: > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/NVIDIA_Drivers > > Does anyone know how/if/when this will bleed over to FreeBSD? A > killer cheap OpenGL box might be kinda fun to have, and I'm already > in the market for another desktop. TNT cards have gotten pretty > cheap... The people running the Matrox G200 GLX development effort are also handling this (I'm on the g200-dev list and can see the commit messsages). The G200 part, at least, works great under FreeBSD, so I'd assume getting the nVidia part to work would be trivial. -lee...however, I don't have a TNT to play with. -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Lee Cremeans -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on WTnet) | | lcremeans@erols.com | http://wakky.dyndns.org/~lee | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message