From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Nov 9 11:23:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE9E137B401 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:23:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from procyon.firepipe.net (procyon.firepipe.net [198.78.66.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7BD843E42 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:23:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@csociety.org) Received: by procyon.firepipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C3441249DE; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:21:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:21:06 -0800 From: Will Andrews To: Steve Wingate Cc: simon roy , ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nvidia in ports-collection? Message-ID: <20021109192106.GB62585@procyon.firepipe.net> Mail-Followup-To: Steve Wingate , simon roy , ports@FreeBSD.org References: <200211091830.gA9IUtX04162@mailgate5.cinetic.de> <1036869293.3917.1.camel@daemon.velosystems.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1036869293.3917.1.camel@daemon.velosystems.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 11:14:52AM -0800, Steve Wingate wrote: > I doubt it, since it's a native driver there's nothing to port for > starters. "Ports" is a misleading name. There is lots of software in ports that doesn't really need to be there, but is because it's easier to install/maintain that way (and you can make packages). > Second there's no history of drivers going in the ports tree. Yes there is. See audio/aureal-kmod and graphics/drm-kmod. > Third, I doubt Nvidia would want people bypassing their website to get > the driver. Perhaps. That's for those involved to find out. regards -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message