From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 13:18:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 237691065670; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:18:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdivacky@vlk.vlakno.cz) Received: from vlakno.cz (77-93-215-190.static.masterinter.net [77.93.215.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE7328FC1C; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:17:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdivacky@vlk.vlakno.cz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1441F9CB339; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:02:38 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at vlakno.cz Received: from vlakno.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lev.vlakno.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BLNKLbtJzMTF; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:02:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from vlk.vlakno.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 444D99CB33C; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:02:34 +0100 (CET) Received: (from rdivacky@localhost) by vlk.vlakno.cz (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n01D2W6U026354; Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:02:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rdivacky) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:02:32 +0100 From: Roman Divacky To: Alastair Hogge Message-ID: <20090101130232.GA26197@freebsd.org> References: <7d6fde3d0812311757t7b7f6830jb1351d550ceeacd9@mail.gmail.com> <200901011403.13435.agh@coolrhaug.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200901011403.13435.agh@coolrhaug.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Garrett Cooper , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, czander@nvidia.com, Garrett Cooper Subject: Re: Posting a bounty for the nVidia 64-bit wishlist X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:18:00 -0000 On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 02:03:13PM +0900, Alastair Hogge wrote: > On Thursday 01 January 2009 10:57:26 Garrett Cooper wrote: > > Hello Hackers, > > I have a request related to making FreeBSD to be a viable platform > > on AMD/Intel 64-bit architectures, such that functionality as > > requested by Chris (see: > > ). Please note that > > some of these things would also no doubt positively affect other > > groups (ATI, Intel, etc) when writing x*64 drivers for FreeBSD, so the > > list isn't just necessarily just applicable to nVidia. > > If someone could list a number of sys/... files that I could look > > at in order to get a brief grasp of what needs to be modified to > > support proper 64-bit architecture vmem, pmap, etc, that would be > > extremely helpful; I want to establish a reasonable timeframe and > > skill set required for the task set, so I can establish a reasonable > > monetary figure and/or resources to donate to the project. > > Also, if anyone else is interested in this pursuit (I know there > > are quite a few), feel free to contact me so we can coordinate our > > efforts and pool our resources to get these sets of loose ends finally > > tied up to have a more accessible FreeBSD based desktop. > > Thanks! > > -Garrett > Are you aware of the efforts the PC-BSD project is making? > > http://trac.pcbsd.org/browser/freebsd-projects/nvidia-work wow, is anyone working on this being review/integrated?