From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 29 09:02:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E742316A401 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sirdice@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ACAD13C469 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:02:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sirdice@xs4all.nl) Received: from webmail.xs4all.nl (dovemail5.xs4all.nl [194.109.26.7]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3T8nCqh077067 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:49:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sirdice@xs4all.nl) Received: from 219.111.52.42 (SquirrelMail authenticated user sirdice) by webmail.xs4all.nl with HTTP; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:49:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <14666.219.111.52.42.1177836552.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200704290350.l3T3oYTS003670@serene.no-ip.org> References: <200704290350.l3T3oYTS003670@serene.no-ip.org> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:49:12 +0200 (CEST) From: "SirDice" To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: State of amd64 nVidia support in xorg 7.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:02:32 -0000 > I'm wondering if there would be anything significant to be gained on > the amd64 platform with an nVidia GeForce FX 5200 chipset by upgrading > to xorg 7.x. Does anyone have any info on the current state of xorg's > nv driver in 7.x? What about 3D acceleration and/or auxiliary output > (I'd love to be able to send video out to my TV). You probably won't gain anything apart from the 6 -> 7.x xorg upgrade. NVidia still doesn't have a FreeBSD-AMD64 driver because there are some essential kernel APIs missing. AFAIK this is being worked on by the freebsd community but I have no idea about its current status. IIRC some of the needed APIs are implemented in -CURRENT. I'm still running FreeBSD-i386 on my AMD64 because of this. The i386 driver works very well on my setup (6600GT). You may want to look through the NVNews freebsd archives for more information. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=47 Cheers, Remko C. > > Thanks. > > -- > Conrad J. Sabatier > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >