Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:58:03 +0200 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode? Message-ID: <20080620075803.GA12112@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org> References: <6300771b0806180513l469d6915y378400d728c12475@mail.gmail.com> <5f67a8c40806191100w7fca5e73icbac58e2beeeae44@mail.gmail.com> <20080619145714.113c3065@mbook.local> <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org>
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 05:36:44PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Meyer wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <zbeeble@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com> > >> 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? > > > > <mike > > Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia > driver isn't working on the i386? > > I mean, I was wondering what might be my next project ... I have the machinery, > and the source code is totally available, it's not a matter of Nvidia giving out > a binary-only module, right? So, is anything more known? you might want to port nouveau (http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/) to FreeBSD. that would be a great thing to have
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