Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:56:40 -0600 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: nvidia-driver 64bit version Message-ID: <11167f520912041056s1f375c2axe7ab61a5daafc634@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1259943610.2315.229.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <20091204154724.4ce9a0cb.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> <20091204151829.GA31164@FreeBSD.org> <1259943610.2315.229.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 15:18 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 03:47:24PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I was wondering if you're working on a port for the 64bit version of >> > the new beta state nvidia driver [1]. >> >> Yup, thanks for the pointer. =A0I'm considering options right now. >> >> > >> > Since it's a completely different version it should IMO be separate fr= om >> > x11/nvidia-driver. Maybe x11/nvidia-driver-amd64 and x11/nvidia-driver >> > could be renamed to x11/nvidia-driver-i386. >> >> This would be the easiest route, but I'm not sure this is the best thing >> to do. =A0From user's perspective, one should be able to "cd >> category/port" and "make install". =A0The rest (including taking care of >> architecture-dependent things) should be handled by underlying >> infrastructure. =A0Right now I believe our bpm is capable of the task, a= nd >> my pmake/bpm-fu is strong enough, we'll see. > > I've never actually used the blob, but is the new driver only amd64? =A0I > presume that it does need at least 8.0-RELEASE to work, but I can't it also works with RELENG_7 (but not 7.2R) as a side note, I installed wine in a 32bit chroot and installed the 32bit version of the new nvidia driver and I can Play World of Warcraft without any issues, so I guess it works Just like linux does. Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks
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