Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:07:09 -0400 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: Johan Pettersson <manlix@demonized.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New nvidia drivers available Message-ID: <20040814210709.g2ux9ckcskgw0cow@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040815025601.522b2f7c.manlix@demonized.net> References: <200408141934.24107.dfr@nlsystems.com> <20040815025601.522b2f7c.manlix@demonized.net>
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Quoting Johan Pettersson <manlix@demonized.net>: > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:34:24 +0100 > Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> wrote: > >> The latest 6113 build of the nvidia graphics drivers has just appeared >> >> on nvidia's web site. Check out >> http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-6113.html if you are >> currently using the nvidia proprietary drivers. This driver works >> nicely on FreeBSD-current and while this version is not thread-safe, >> it does not conflict with libpthread or libthr's use of %gs so you >> don't have to map everything down to libc_r any more :-). >> >> There will be a thread-safe driver available for FreeBSD-current >> sometime after I commit the pthread parts of the TLS support code. >> > > Im running the new driver on a recent -CURRENT and xorg 6.7.0. When > starting zsnes I get this: > > beard ~> zsnes > Fatal error 'Exceeded maximum lock level' at line 261 in file > /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_cancel.c (errno = 0) Bus error (core > dumped) > beard ~> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I believe this is probably the problem: "this version is not thread-safe" (from above) Ken
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