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Date:      Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:41:20 -0400
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
Message-ID:  <485AD280.4060609@telenix.org>
In-Reply-To: <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org>
References:  <6300771b0806180513l469d6915y378400d728c12475@mail.gmail.com>	<5f67a8c40806191100w7fca5e73icbac58e2beeeae44@mail.gmail.com>	<20080619145714.113c3065@mbook.local> <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org>

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Chuck Robey wrote:
> Mike Meyer wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <zbeeble@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit
>>>> FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably
>>>> PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration?
>>> I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues
>>> blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which
>>> we had the source.
>> Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration?
> 
>>    <mike
> 
> Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia
> driver isn't working on the i386?

CRAP I meant AMD64.  I'm beyond hope.

> 
> I mean, I was wondering what might be my next project ... I have the machinery,
> and the source code is totally available, it's not a matter of Nvidia giving out
> a binary-only module, right?  So, is anything more known?
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