Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:10:41 +0530 From: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 7025/7050PV/nForce 630a graphics Message-ID: <4A34C599.8050509@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1243444413.2926.2472.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <4A1D348F.8090504@gmail.com> <1243433247.2926.2277.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4A1D6E6A.8060702@gmail.com> <1243444413.2926.2472.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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Robert Noland wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 22:16 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >> Robert Noland wrote: >>> On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:09 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am thinking of going in for an AMD solution for my new home PC. >>>> >>>> Does FreeBSD work easily with Asus M2N68-AM (nvidia GeForce 7025/nForce >>>> 630a graphics as per Asus; nvidia GeForce 7050PV/nForce 630a graphics as >>>> per CNET/other sites). I would probably be using this along with Athlon >>>> Dual-Core 5200+ >>>> >>>> FreeBSD-7.1's drm directory in src does NOT seem to have a listing for >>>> GeForce 7025/GeForce 7050/nForce 630a. And xorgconfigurator just lists >>>> one (generic) driver nv for nvidia. So would DRI work ? >>> There are three possible drivers, nv (kindof old and crusty), nouveau >>> (in current ports), and the binary blob from Nvidia (currently i386 >>> only). For nv, there is no drm. For nouveau, I have patches for drm >>> support that I may go ahead and commit to -CURRENT over the next couple >>> of days. The current patch also applies to -STABLE. With the patch you >>> should get accelerated EXA and Xv, but not 3d yet. I have gotten the 3d >>> driver to sort of work, but generally it isn't in a user ready state (on >>> linux either). >>> >>> The binary blob does whatever it does and I'll let others give you >>> details on that. >>> >>> robert. >>> >>>> I ask this because I currently have an i810-based motherboard for which >>>> there is no DRI support in FreeBSD and I need to make sure I don't end >>>> up without DRI again. >> >> Hello Roland, >> >> Thanks for your reply. One final question. >> >>> With the patch you should get accelerated EXA and Xv, but not 3d yet. >> I am only interested in playing DVD's, not games. Are EXA and Xv >> sufficient for that ? If 3d is required too, then I have to dump this >> idea altogether and try something else. > > Xv is normally what is used for video, so I think you should be ok. I > don't have this particular card/chip though... > > robert. > Hi Robert/Roland., I have finally purchased an AMD-based 780G Gigabyte MB with ATI Radeon 3200 graphics on board. Can you please advise me which driver to use ? Will it work on 7.1-RELEASE, which is the distribution I have available readily ? This goes with a quad-core Phenom processor. Thanks for any advice. -- Regards Manish Jain invalid.pointer@gmail.com +91-96500-10329 Laast year I kudn't spell Software Engineer. Now I are won.
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