From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 22:19:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50ED71065670 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:19:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org) Received: from mired.org (five.mired.org [66.92.153.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C40A08FC17 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:19:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org) Received: (qmail 14483 invoked by uid 1001); 19 Jun 2008 18:19:21 -0400 Received: from bhuda.mired.org (bhuda [192.168.195.1]) by bhuda (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:19:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:19:19 -0400 To: Chuck Robey Message-ID: <20080619181919.6efb3d13@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <485AD280.4060609@telenix.org> References: <6300771b0806180513l469d6915y378400d728c12475@mail.gmail.com> <5f67a8c40806191100w7fca5e73icbac58e2beeeae44@mail.gmail.com> <20080619145714.113c3065@mbook.local> <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org> <485AD280.4060609@telenix.org> Organization: Meyer Consulting X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Mike Meyer Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:19:23 -0000 On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:41:20 -0400 Chuck Robey wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Chuck Robey wrote: > > Mike Meyer wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 "Zaphod Beeblebrox" wrote: > > > >>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking > >>> 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? > > > >> > > > 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. This seems to be the most detailed explanation, though I have no idea about accuracy. http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=115157983106569&w=2 http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org