From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Apr 3 12:31: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mout0.freenet.de (mout0.freenet.de [194.97.50.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB08B37B724; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 12:30:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netchild@leidinger.net) Received: from [194.97.50.144] (helo=mx1.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14kWW0-0005zc-00; Tue, 03 Apr 2001 21:30:56 +0200 Received: from a36b2.pppool.de ([213.6.54.178] helo=Magelan.Leidinger.net) by mx1.freenet.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14kWW0-0005av-00; Tue, 03 Apr 2001 21:30:56 +0200 Received: from Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Magelan.Leidinger.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f33J6mE00856; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 21:06:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from netchild@Leidinger.net) Message-Id: <200104031906.f33J6mE00856@Magelan.Leidinger.net> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 21:06:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: nvidia binary drivers To: mreimer@vpop.net Cc: 3d@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3ACA0C71.CD7A25FD@vpop.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 3 Apr, Matthew Reimer wrote: > 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. Does nvidia_drv.o really _requieres_ the kernel module to put _something_ on the screen (do you have tried it yourself)? I didn't have the PI description about the architecture here, but if I remember correctly there are two ways to put 3D on the screen. A way which uses DMA and a way without DMA. Bye, Alexander. -- There's no place like ~ http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message