From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 23:33:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1191316A418 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:33:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E759413C4D3 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:33:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so3796536waf.3 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:33:09 -0800 (PST) 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=6J7BIr5v3dUaPTLzkZLZ0M8WXmGic2WFz29pohIvgNU=; b=jZMTvWN6G45AotijrJr9MFng6M8lEGfp6H04DRD/76Crosp4Nmhoex8A8CdciyndcphSnTXJJCI6zeQrVBAy1awsNQo4VKu+ynTWgRmoCVvsmkO13zGGIXKGzP5k43elO3aBNLnYT69z6CzW1hzu2zLAK5BBRk/D8quEjYBLAZo= 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=nmPyFAk696ldHDfXJhnGe02VQHg65w5wKCHZe5X9EKa/vU68QuNjV2PkwHeozcC11q291w+67AuSB6xCjuHBEDw2PAYzvA2w4J7XlZBmTnpOtoIx7KHOLOScF4JFhApQZiXPDszz72Au7Idh0hoCVJyLULREAZb5h0FzVLYQA48= Received: by 10.114.160.1 with SMTP id i1mr4103651wae.49.1197934388472; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:33:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.255.11 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:33:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:33:08 -0800 From: "Kip Macy" To: "Martin Cracauer" In-Reply-To: <20071217232558.GC97600@cons.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <11167f520712082309s20895ae0se1780b029745c055@mail.gmail.com> <20071217232558.GC97600@cons.org> Cc: "Sam Fourman Jr." , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:33:10 -0000 > Not to go on endlessly but also note this: "The FreeBSD kernel > provides some support for this via cloning devices; the NVIDIA FreeBSD > graphics driver used this interface for a while, but bugs/limitations > and differences between kernel versions made it necessary to revert to > regular device nodes.". So the i386 port works without this feature > but an amd64 port won't even get started without it? > It boils down to the fact that NVIDIA only has serious customer demand for Linux. They're willing to support FreeBSD as a favor to us so long as it is easy. -Kip