From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 6 6:40:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.albany.edu (mail1.csc.albany.edu [169.226.1.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70DB437B404 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 06:40:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from filth (h218-120.zenger.albany.edu [169.226.218.120]) by smtp.albany.edu (8.12.2/8.12.2) with SMTP id g26EeaXc020215 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:40:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:42:05 -0500 From: Craig Dooley To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nvidia nForce chipset support Message-Id: <20020306094205.7f5f93d2.cd5697@albany.edu> In-Reply-To: <000201c1c50a$aaf348e0$fe02010a@twoflower.liebende.de> References: <20020306120749.R98796-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <000201c1c50a$aaf348e0$fe02010a@twoflower.liebende.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.2claws2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I believe I read that the sound driver is open source because they had to use part of the gpld i810 audio code, so it's open to port. I believe ethernet might be done off a known chipset also. On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:30:15 +0100 "Jan Stocker" wrote: > There isnt a 3d accerelated driver for nVidia chipsets yet, some people are > workin on it. As i understand, a part of the driver depends on a linux > kernel module (which of couse isnt compatible with FreeBSD) and the sources > for 3D arent free cause nVidia bought them from SGI... > > http://nvidia.netexplorer.org/news.html > > Jan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Herve Quiroz > > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:14 PM > > To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Nvidia nForce chipset support > > > > > > Abit has just released a nForce based motherboard in a microATX format > > which looks good for building a small but powerful station with everything > > integrated (and BTW quite cheap...). What are the components currently > > supported (audio, ethernet, gfx...) ? > > > > Has anyone tried the nForce under FreeBSD ? I was thinking the geForce2MX > > based GPU would be supported by XFree86 but as there are some problems > > under win32 (which does not always recognize the GPU to be a gf2mx), I was > > wondering how it was doing under FreeBSD. > > > > Hervé > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message