From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 08:04:35 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 3E12B16A420 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:04:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: from guardian.elvandar.org (evilcoder.xs4all.nl [195.64.94.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3E9813C4BC for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:04:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: by guardian.elvandar.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 88A037EDEB3; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:04:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:04:33 +0200 From: Remko Lodder To: Giulio Ferro Message-ID: <20070928080433.GA1395@elvandar.org> 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> <11167f520709271945p7453b254gf60d10ed231f3ea4@mail.gmail.com> <46FCB42E.1000407@zirakzigil.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46FCB42E.1000407@zirakzigil.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Cc: "Sam Fourman Jr." , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Alastair Hogge , Kjell Tore Ullavik 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 08:04:35 -0000 On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 09:58:38AM +0200, Giulio Ferro wrote: > Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > I completely agree. Some guy here went as far as saying that nobody gives a > damn about nvidia drivers, but from what I see (here and on nvidia forum) > the opposite is true. Hello, Hopefully you are not pointing to me in this case? > > Ok, let's see how we can fund this project. First of all the interested > developers > should assess the bulk of work to do and how long it will take them to > complete > it. Then we can think about how many people are interested in opening their > wallet to see it come into being. Lets do it the other way around ,lets see what people are willing to pay for this, so that the person applying for this knows what he can expect. Pay by feature instead of pay by time. Cheers remko -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org /* Quis custodiet ipsos custodes */