Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:27:10 +0200 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: mmuir@es.co.nz Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: agp and 3dfx Message-ID: <C1256928.005FDFE3.00@frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr>
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Hello,
We will need more than the basic X-server to use any new graphics board, as
their main selling point is 3D, and the basic drivers of X are way behind.
The main issue is in establishing FreeBSD as a "credible" platform
(how many users of FreeBSD want to pay for a 3D-optimized A|W application ?)
TfH
Mike Muir <mmuir@es.co.nz> on 26/07/2000 19:16:25
Please respond to mmuir@es.co.nz
To: Thierry HERBELOT/FR/ALCATEL@ALCATEL
cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: agp and 3dfx
Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've had a quick look at NVidia's "src-rpm" for its driver under Linux, and I've been
> very disappointed to see that the main parts of this driver are 3 binary object files
> for which there is no source.
>
> This inhibits porting by people from the FreeBSD projects - and it's sad,
> considering my owning of a TNT2 ...
I'm not sure if you saw my posting to question@freebsd.org but with the
announcement of A|W porting Maya v3.0 to Linux, and the expected slew of
related applications that will follow, we need the driver support from
Nvidia ESPECIALLY when considering their recent push towards workstation
solutions (quadro2 line.) Are there many high end cards which require
more than an Xserver and/or driver which may already be available? (ala
nvidia)
-mike
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