From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 11 20:57:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (dhcp.looksmart.com.au [202.53.47.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA2737B505 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:57:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f3C3vAm31610; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:57:10 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Message-Id: <200104120357.f3C3vAm31610@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Mark Sergeant" To: Kal Torak Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia Cards /w FreeBSD (3D Acceleration) X-Mailer: Pronto v2.2.3 On freebsd/mysql Date: 11 Apr 2001 22:57:08 EST Reply-To: "Mark Sergeant" In-Reply-To: <3AD5273F.D91B3A05@quake.com.au> References: <3AD5273F.D91B3A05@quake.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm happy to help out web server wise. Co-ordination wise I believe you just volunteered ;) On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:55:43 +1000, Kal Torak said: > Ok, so far we have 3 possible paths to take :) > > 1) Group mail thing, with your cards serials etc send to nVidia > asking them to please pretty please port there drivers to FreeBSD > (Since they cant give us the source for legal reasons) > > 2) Individual mails to nVidia asking the same thing... > > 3) Port the kernel module and use linux compat for the rest... > > Well lets do all 3 :) > > Who has a decent connected web server we can host this mail thingy > on? And who is willing to co-ordinate it? > > Looking on the nVidia site, they dont really give a mail address we > should post to for this sort of thing... So unless someone knows a > better address mail should goto info@nvidia.com (Corporate Office). > The only other addresses I could find were for investors (we buy there > cards are we *investing* in them ;), the press and jobs... > > Can we simply port the kernel module? I dont have the skills in that > area, so if it can be done hopefully someone is willing to do the tech > stuff... Anyone? > > Allright, anyone have any other ideas or things to add? Lets get the > ball rolling on this asap :))) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- Give me a Plumber's friend the size of the Pittsburgh dome, and a place to stand, and I will drain the world. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message