Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:35:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@rpi.edu> To: Trent Nelson <tpnelson@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, nimrodm@email.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support) Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96.1000730013029.154958A-100000@cortez.sss.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <3983B7E1.B89C35CF@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au>
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On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Trent Nelson wrote: > So, given a working FreeBSD-specific kernel device driver - can the > Linux OpenGL driver/libraries provided be handled via linux.ko? i believe the general answer is a definative maybe. but honestly, do you really care enough to try? it seems like an awful lot of trouble just to use a dead end binary only driver that will doom you to an eternity of working around bugs since you can't fix them. if you want real 3d on FreeBSD go buy a 3dfx card or something else that actually has real open drivers. it's a hundred bucks for a VooDoo3. that's less than the programmer time to make the NVidia drivers work is worth, and you can actually be sure you'll have some kind of success, where the NVidia stuff is really up in the air. -garrett x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | rooneg@rpi.edu garrett rooney | | http://www.rpi.edu/~rooneg unix geek | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | unrequited love is neat because it lasts so much longer - w. t. c. | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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