Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:34:51 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPUs on FBSD? Message-ID: <20091122163451.GA74123@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19207.62436.23817.593443@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20091120114657.GA22584@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091120181629.3e1a3aee.dcdowse@gmx.net> <c39ec84c0911201111k2404dea1oe7303ecd6bea8c05@mail.gmail.com> <20091121112802.GA70284@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <c39ec84c0911210348h3fb2c860le156f077046344b@mail.gmail.com> <19207.62436.23817.593443@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 09:06:28AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > > usleepless@gmail.com writes: > > > The talk/announcement on the Nvidia forum is about a native video > > driver for amd64 i believe. A lot of people are waiting for this > > ( currently there is only Nvidia support for i386 ). > > I do not believe this is correct. _As I understand it_ there > are (currently) two options: > > 1) "nv" driver; written by nVidia, but does not support > recent (last N generations) cards, works only for i386, > and does not support 100% of 3d functions. Breakage > fixed, but no new features added. You've got things a bit confused. The x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv driver is open source and works on i386 and amd64. It doesn't support any 3d stuff AFAIK. The x11/nvidia-driver is the one written by nvidia which only works on i386 and supports 3d, compiz etc. > 2) "noveau" driver; written by third parties, works for i386 > and amd64 (maybe for others). For what works, see the > (hopefully outdated) web page. That should be spelt "nouveau" otherwise correct. In ports as: x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau. The wiki: http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ > > Under development: > > 3) "????"; written (and maintained/improved) by nVidia, words > for i386 and amd64, supports all cards, supports all > functionality. ETA not announced; no public testing yet. Correct. Announcement: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=41545&page=37 > > If anyone knows better, please correct this. > Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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