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To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
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Subject: Re: nvidia binary drivers
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Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> 
> On  2 Apr, Marc van Woerkom wrote:
> >>   I think that wouldn't help any -- nvidia_drv.o needs the kernel module
> >>   to communicate with the card.
> >
> > A Linux X server running under FreeBSD Linuxulater would of course
> > have no trouble talking to a Linux kernel module - or?
> > I rather think that the Linux emulation is possibly not
> > complete enough. (for example I have no clue how to introduce
> > the /dev/nvida driver here)
> 
> Have you tried to use the OS independend XF86 module? If I remember
> correctly, the kernel module from NVidia is only to speed up DMA
> operations in 3D mode, so the XF86 module should at least be usable. I
> didn't know how much of speed you lose, but at least you should be able
> to see something. Can you give it a try and report here?

The nvidia driver that's part of XF86 4.0.x (nv_drv.o) works fine for
2D, but it doesn't do 3D/DRI/Xv. The only way to get hardware
acceleration is to use utah-glx with XF 3.3.6, or to use nvidia_drv.o
(not nv_drv.o) + nvidia's kernel module.

Matt

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