From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 02:46:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B35D16A41B for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:46:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BCFD13C45A for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:46:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so1664163ugf for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:46:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=gMicsrB+Ue7X+RsCsKv7GJuMcIGUZd9fV9sivyyoHlA=; b=W2DdmBwVTTnYilpGvpEZ0nzdeh7QlP8A+tea0KLM/AgF+rlMMxx8jiCk1MSpu5vijJIxJP+5gVPuj9e35AqZMbvPfOhy3FALSP9jRecuW3pl7poHjwKdeUYuRuchmTNJB9vUviw4PHV+uZue8BO45ABSlQRMbwT82Lq3v91ZQAI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PxHwWg5IQbl2233pDx+VKGAT0k04BBhUr4AX8DjIGKdi3bRfHAnP0GiNvb2i/iwqXfLlYbIaOQWUb1hHIHsEz+Wb7vwiUxMWWt3TMZyhaw9LliyEqjexu4mnGbn/7wWe080N7VWp0nkV4b/e5BJnhOt4WMyeC/YQJ1037mWBevc= Received: by 10.66.224.3 with SMTP id w3mr4393854ugg.1190947560665; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.91.5 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:45:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <11167f520709271945p7453b254gf60d10ed231f3ea4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:45:59 -0500 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: "Kjell Tore Ullavik" In-Reply-To: <46FC62E9.7020204@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46FB66B8.2000704@zirakzigil.org> <200709272233.54689.agh@tpg.com.au> <46FBA8F7.80305@zirakzigil.org> <11167f520709270602n2f96e5d5kb250ac21af096073@mail.gmail.com> <46FBAB1E.8060103@zirakzigil.org> <20070927131935.GD1421@elvandar.org> <46FC62E9.7020204@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Remko Lodder , Alastair Hogge , Giulio Ferro Subject: Re: Nvidia amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:46:03 -0000 On 9/27/07, Kjell Tore Ullavik wrote: > Remko Lodder wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:07:42PM +0200, Giulio Ferro wrote: > > > >> Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > >> > >>>>> There is no driver. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> I sort of surmised that already... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> So, we are still years away from seeing a working nvidia driver, > >>>> by the look of it... > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I guess what I am confused about, is there someone actively working on > >>> the Nvidia requests, or does a capable individual need to take the > >>> lead on this project? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> And that's exactly what I'd very much like to know... > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > > > > >From what I know and what I can see; there is nobody actively working in > > this region to get the things fixed to get this far. Ofcourse like rsync.net > > you are free to sponsor these items if they are really important to you, > > without that, do notice that people do this in their own free time, which > > could either take some time before it's there, or might not be interesting > > enough to work on currently (because of other things at work, private life > > other code etc). > > > > It's not a matter of a capable individual taking the lead, it's a matter > > of having someone capable enough working on this for some time, which can > > be achieved by sponsoring that capable person for example. > > > > Cheers > > remko > > > Maybe the FreeBSD project could provide an official site for bounties? > Some things might have more interest among users than developers, > and an easy way to create and donate to bounties for everyone to see may > make it less of a barrier for people to put their money where their > mouth is. > > Ubuntu seem to have something going, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bounties > > > if there was a bounty system for FreeBSD I would pledge $100 USD for work that would help amd64 nvidia... heck I would even settle for someone that wants to take lead and setup a paypal collection. Sam Fourman Jr.