From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 16:46:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C184106567F for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 16:46:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AAEB8FC15 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 16:46:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1403697wfg.7 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 09:46:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jsrrs0fm/xt6WhW8BMuAHkEAIvRg/JomhEG+f00nZys=; b=Gljx0l9GZJpJk93ta//LoiKZvfsVlowiqW+YhqTgiplbhOlFBCmWJpMmw0RzhVTby+ CRIINidskp/d5jl6HTyzbocxe8JPc+R+iIqq1ktpZJNqSedXfgVu56rKK0kf/BvrHP3j HE9g9T9UsZxHr+1JYbo2QazBE+pcnohTr6O4k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=uXtfHaZEG+fQTA/8holX7o33d1YEhgCqKbIj/5Z3ZFByNI2ooIlv6Hwq5Hu887JnVM yzlJ+0MN6l5Ua+bFr7b7HXGx4UsYbybuX8OkWjF46s5BtXKFiF+8kucm205VWx17uiqq PVevmUqzlvk/aAG64k5jnQwoS4I4g5pG5bA1I= Received: by 10.142.200.3 with SMTP id x3mr36231wff.246.1243442793647; Wed, 27 May 2009 09:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.2? ([122.162.238.81]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 32sm1629109wfa.13.2009.05.27.09.46.30 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 27 May 2009 09:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A1D6E6A.8060702@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:16:34 +0530 From: Manish Jain User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Noland References: <4A1D348F.8090504@gmail.com> <1243433247.2926.2277.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <1243433247.2926.2277.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 7025/7050PV/nForce 630a graphics X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:46:35 -0000 Robert Noland wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:09 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am thinking of going in for an AMD solution for my new home PC. >> >> Does FreeBSD work easily with Asus M2N68-AM (nvidia GeForce 7025/nForce >> 630a graphics as per Asus; nvidia GeForce 7050PV/nForce 630a graphics as >> per CNET/other sites). I would probably be using this along with Athlon >> Dual-Core 5200+ >> >> FreeBSD-7.1's drm directory in src does NOT seem to have a listing for >> GeForce 7025/GeForce 7050/nForce 630a. And xorgconfigurator just lists >> one (generic) driver nv for nvidia. So would DRI work ? > > There are three possible drivers, nv (kindof old and crusty), nouveau > (in current ports), and the binary blob from Nvidia (currently i386 > only). For nv, there is no drm. For nouveau, I have patches for drm > support that I may go ahead and commit to -CURRENT over the next couple > of days. The current patch also applies to -STABLE. With the patch you > should get accelerated EXA and Xv, but not 3d yet. I have gotten the 3d > driver to sort of work, but generally it isn't in a user ready state (on > linux either). > > The binary blob does whatever it does and I'll let others give you > details on that. > > robert. > >> I ask this because I currently have an i810-based motherboard for which >> there is no DRI support in FreeBSD and I need to make sure I don't end >> up without DRI again. > Hello Roland, Thanks for your reply. One final question. > With the patch you should get accelerated EXA and Xv, but not 3d yet. I am only interested in playing DVD's, not games. Are EXA and Xv sufficient for that ? If 3d is required too, then I have to dump this idea altogether and try something else. -- Regards Manish Jain invalid.pointer@gmail.com +91-96500-10329 Laast year I kudn't spell Software Engineer. Now I are won.