From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 11:05:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC1916A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:05:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B726843D46 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:05:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IF1002D5D72DE10@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:59:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IF100AW8DIH2M00@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:06:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 41E2AEBC08; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:05:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id B23DCEBC06; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:05:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8D6F033C09; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:05:00 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:05:00 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: <4260D654.3060301@mail.uni-mainz.de> To: "O. Hartmann" Message-id: <861x9bdlsz.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on dsa.des.no References: <20050413210855.GA15088@bitsurf.net> <200504131714.20356.jkim@niksun.com> <86fyxt1ovu.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050415005850.GB80903@dragon.NUXI.org> <2fd864e050414180911e4e5be@mail.gmail.com> <20050415211600.GA1473@dragon.NUXI.org> <1113603823.91832.7.camel@cream.xbsd.org> <2fd864e050415174048dc579d@mail.gmail.com> <346a802205041519071e4dc609@mail.gmail.com> <4260D654.3060301@mail.uni-mainz.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:05:24 -0000 "O. Hartmann" writes: > My question si: how to force nVidia delivering the needed > informations? It should be an aspect of customer demand. nVidia > earns money with each sold nForce based motherboard and each GForce > based graphics card and the better the support, the more they can > sell. Why would they care about FreeBSD users? Unlike Linux, FreeBSD has approximately zero brainshare in the computer press, and unlike FreeBSD, Linux runs perfectly well on nForce chipsets. In fact, the Asus SK8N which David loathes is "Linux-certified". If I didn't already know that FreeBSD is perfect and flawless and that David is the Christ reborn, I'd be tempted to conclude that there is something wrong with FreeBSD (or David), not with the nForce chipset. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no