From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 21:22:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C74B41065686 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 21:22:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7097D8FC15 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 21:22:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 48598 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2008 21:22:29 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:X-Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=B2YaJSuvpJqOWDv3x6xWUGEDeQKlVAcUL8E1z5UE28G233T93T7Hd+yR6G5kh/YSx/loCGoevIUozDh+r1GEVaDtm34OAQfSUrOLVje8EuyDtTaVfHoypT5ECDmV/fNU8YzlIT6mPfbN5fzSgf3UfGLbYAVHLU1B8l4ogBABSxE= ; Received: from unknown (HELO scorpio) (gesbbb@67.189.233.182 with login) by smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Oct 2008 21:22:29 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: sTYB1g0VM1k9DpwEKP.2eiXTavU.30f5xtXxhjaqBVP.UBJYPqciq_hJ6_TAAUG9JZPk9d.F96qeRFB.wIn3fcO3yz_h3jqDy5x3ctBCmoMFkainqzxPR1IXoXY5gksL041WnYqQTP0xAJNbmkhGkLzpSOG1IIc5AMiAQ6DGZT9ZbPUK X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:22:16 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081001172216.5015add3@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <18659.52849.278757.861259@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <200810011048.21874.lists@rhavenn.net> <18659.52849.278757.861259@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/7KHV._0JS.dkohwiz6PVm8L"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: Questions drivers for VGA and NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:22:30 -0000 --Sig_/7KHV._0JS.dkohwiz6PVm8L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:24:33 -0400 Robert Huff wrote: [snip] > nVidia, at least, is aware of the issue and has offered to >write and maintain drivers ... provided certain capabilities are >added to the kernel. (See previous discussion in this mailing list.) > This has - obviously - not happened, and I do not know of work >in progress. > I do agree that the first vendor to provide working drivers >will make quite a few sales. (Me among them.) In all likelihood, the probability of any vendor creating FBSD specific drivers is directly proportionate to the expenditure of funds to create and maintain the driver versus the expected revenue from such an expenditure. Unfortunately, doing a quick search, I was not able to locate the article(s) you referenced above. I would like to see exactly what NVIDIA is requesting. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. Bertrand Russell --Sig_/7KHV._0JS.dkohwiz6PVm8L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjj6hIACgkQBvaKIJWWCO1OowCeN5PRk0pFjAv/NXolexXKBj++ 1HEAoIFLN3e9L4yvFf4ulzt7+c8wkv82 =fg6M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/7KHV._0JS.dkohwiz6PVm8L--