From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 14 19:23:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA01416A4CE for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:23:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from endif.cjb.net (65-101-231-137.dnvr.qwest.net [65.101.231.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2269A43D46 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:23:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from end@endif.cjb.net) Received: (qmail 60581 invoked by uid 0); 14 Aug 2004 19:23:38 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO rogue) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Aug 2004 19:23:38 -0000 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:23:38 -0600 From: Robin Schoonover To: Doug Rabson In-Reply-To: <200408141934.24107.dfr@nlsystems.com> References: <200408141934.24107.dfr@nlsystems.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20040814192339.2269A43D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New nvidia drivers available X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:23:39 -0000 On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:34:24 +0100, Doug Rabson wrote: > The latest 6113 build of the nvidia graphics drivers has just appeared > on nvidia's web site. Check out > http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-6113.html if you are currently > using the nvidia proprietary drivers. This driver works nicely on > FreeBSD-current and while this version is not thread-safe, it does not > conflict with libpthread or libthr's use of %gs so you don't have to > map everything down to libc_r any more :-). > > There will be a thread-safe driver available for FreeBSD-current > sometime after I commit the pthread parts of the TLS support code. Excellent. I was worried 5.3 might come out first (I track 5.x, not -current). -- Robin Schoonover (aka End) # # I know on which side my bread is buttered. # -- John Heywood