From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 3 2:13:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 412E4151DD for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 02:13:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from localhost (dfr@localhost) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA62510; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:59:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:59:02 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Wes Peters Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Good news from NVIDIA] In-Reply-To: <375615C9.CE0C2768@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, 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... From the looks of it, all the source is available and you should be able to just build it and have it work. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message