From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 9 16:14:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 956C416A407 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from acardenas@bsd.org.pe) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5A013C46B for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from acardenas@bsd.org.pe) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so401366wra for ; Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:14:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.99.20 with SMTP id w20mr2968712agb.1168357563621; Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:46:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from HellFire.BSD.org.pe ( [190.40.55.112]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 7sm6899733wrl.2007.01.09.07.45.59; Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:46:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:45:57 -0500 To: Alexey Dokuchaev Message-Id: <20070109104557.34031bc0.acm@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070107185545.GB3915@FreeBSD.org> References: <200701071847.l07IlGBG096820@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070107185545.GB3915@FreeBSD.org> Organization: FreeBSD X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.0 (GTK+ 2.10.7; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jose Alonso Cardenas Marquez Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/nvidia-driver Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/x11/nvidia-driver/files 6113-patch-lib::Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:14:11 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:55:45 +0000 Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:47:16PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > danfe 2007-01-07 18:47:16 UTC > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > Modified files: > > x11/nvidia-driver Makefile distinfo pkg-plist > > x11/nvidia-driver/files 6113-patch-lib::Makefile > > Log: > > - Update to version 9746, the latest from nVidia, which adds support for > > GeForce 8800 GTS and GeForce 8800 GTX boards [1] > > Sadly, new driver apparently stopped supporting some cards like my good > old GeForce4 MX 440. It it, however, supported by 96xx and 7184 legacy > versions (with 7184 supporting even much older models of GPUs). I'm now > not sure if I should still consider 7184 being our "official" legacy > version (as nVidia webpage states) or move to 9631 (to help us care for > GF2/3/4 for time being but forget about Riva's and Vanta's). > > Let's see what people would say about this. > > ./danfe I think that you should include the 96xx/7xxx legacy drivers into the x11/nvidia-driver port. Also you could add a message to pre-everything with the url of "Supported NVIDIA Graphics Chips", it would help us to know what driver supported a determinate GPU. http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1.0-9746/README/appendix-a.html Greetings - ---- Jose Alonso Cardenas Marquez | http://www.FreeBSD.org acm@FreeBSD.org | http://www.BSD.org.pe GnuPG Key: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~acm/pgp/pubkey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFo7i1GV/UqJshvBkRAkjEAKCfm64ng6s3VPw6Aaq6CJHKWmOtfwCeOBCU docVDeRulgXcva1hbvqdGtc= =xbAp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----