From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 15 13:41:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0B311065670 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:41:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B8148FC08 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:41:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 15 Mar 2009 09:41:28 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.10.4-GA) with ESMTP id PPH46728; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:41:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 209-6-22-188.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.22.188]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 15 Mar 2009 09:41:25 -0400 From: Robert Huff Message-ID: <18877.1409.511002.357436@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:41:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <38992BCD-BFD6-47F7-B707-54415801CCEB@gmail.com> References: <38992BCD-BFD6-47F7-B707-54415801CCEB@gmail.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: linux 3d applications keep crashing X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:41:30 -0000 Garrett Cooper writes: > So instead of lurking and complaining, why not contribute to > the cause? While I sympathize on the complaining ... the response is problematic. I see two ways to contribute to the main problem, which is lack of usable code. (For the moment let's discount "testing" and "documentation".) One could help with one of the open source drivers. Worthy project, but a lot of work involving a skill-set beyond even many coders experienced in other fields. (I'm assuming none of these drivers are on the cusp of a magic moment where lot of good things suddenly happen and it's a coast downhill from there.) The alternative - which sounds seductive but may have its own issues - would be to fill the Nvidia requests and let them write and maintain the code. Again, worthy project (which might have collateral benefits). Again, a lot of work. And an even more esoteric skill-set. If you have some other way a person with limited technical skills can contribute - tell! I'm getting closer to buying a new system, and I'd love to have a moderm graphics card running at full capacity. And, as long as it didn't explode in their faces, I think many others might be willing to help as well. Respectfully, Robert Huff