From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 3 10:42:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from blackhole.iceworld.org (blackhole.iceworld.org [204.246.64.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FC7415580 for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:42:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from griffin@blackhole.iceworld.org) Received: from vortex (vortex.iceworld.org [192.168.0.100]) by blackhole.iceworld.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA03962; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:42:41 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from griffin@blackhole.iceworld.org) Message-ID: <199906031242430200.0D4A7C54@192.168.0.99> In-Reply-To: <375615C9.CE0C2768@softweyr.com> References: <375615C9.CE0C2768@softweyr.com> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.00.00.14 (3) Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 12:42:43 -0500 From: "Jimbo Bahooli" To: "Wes Peters" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Good news from NVIDIA] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 6/2/99 at 11:42 PM 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... > >Wes Peters Softweyr LLC They provide the diffs to both Xfree, and Mesa, so with some luck you should just be able to patch them up and compile them on FreeBSD. Jimbo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message