Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:45:26 GMT From: Glenn Johnson<glennpj@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/107717: nvidia-driver-1.0.9746 relegates many GPUs to legacy status Message-ID: <200701092045.l09KjQXc023707@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200701092050.l09KoCPH081684@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 107717 >Category: ports >Synopsis: nvidia-driver-1.0.9746 relegates many GPUs to legacy status >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 09 20:50:11 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Glenn Johnson >Release: FreeBSD-6.2 Prerelease >Organization: >Environment: >Description: With this release of the nvidia driver, many GPUs have been relegated to "legacy" status. There are now two legacy branches, the 1.0-96xx series and the 1.0-71xx series. Take a look at Appendix A of the README for the 1.0.9746 driver: http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1.0-9746/README/appendix-a.html This port update will no doubt break many people's Xorg setup but more importantly, prevent newcomers from getting a working graphical display. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Either add another "WITH_LEGACY..." knob or preferably split the nvidia-driver port into three separate ports. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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