From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 01:14:49 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 553291065671 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:14:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6B78FC13 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:14:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so597629fgb.35 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:14:47 -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:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=sRWkTQtJT4Vo7px20HxI1fKCoeB7Rd0zcPE8bPTDPQo=; b=AdBgzgzxJHQuY7OUIz3jrw1FL+slt3eFn16/UJwW9owu5kYevZehzm3Mnnz4qJREjL FYuKg77RcMUnjohiVj4g4QwAFYcxNuNXLWVlSMAzN2uokN5ERfZZwGfgR+7WTNGGxAQ5 6586yMsbl831qXmSEHoDiR6BkY5bqynmBD48M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=VMhLDqFmjpq+lS/AVLjD6Ao8neKqq26WStngaRoKFnRqlRPPkQ2gStaUyspymW4WCW 5dd1qXHDloJqlsYaf34DOaSkDihPYJhL2qwxYCGEZWC5tVKszRLE3sl3dUHdfHLdkSKf quLCNleNK19djKxzb5uGCmKvb+ZlNvlqqIbc0= Received: by 10.86.78.4 with SMTP id a4mr3048867fgb.29.1213924487511; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:14:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.51.1 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:14:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0806191814u639ec539xfb2adef0c0d26037@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:14:47 -0700 From: "Garrett Cooper" To: "Mike Meyer" In-Reply-To: <20080619181919.6efb3d13@bhuda.mired.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6300771b0806180513l469d6915y378400d728c12475@mail.gmail.com> <5f67a8c40806191100w7fca5e73icbac58e2beeeae44@mail.gmail.com> <20080619145714.113c3065@mbook.local> <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org> <485AD280.4060609@telenix.org> <20080619181919.6efb3d13@bhuda.mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Chuck Robey 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: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:14:49 -0000 On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Mike Meyer wrote: > 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 > >