Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:14:49 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Ivaylo Mateev <imateev@uos.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg nv driver Message-ID: <20080328011449.2b8db5a8@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <25B2B1B9-0CF8-4D12-ACBA-3C8FF61A4D00@uos.de> References: <25B2B1B9-0CF8-4D12-ACBA-3C8FF61A4D00@uos.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:59:54 +0100 Ivaylo Mateev <imateev@uos.de> wrote: > I am using FreeBSD/amd64 and have GeForce 7050PV in my Computer. This > graphic card can not be used with the nv driver, it's not supported, > and the nvidia driver :D :).Can I expect support for my grafic card > any time soon ? Depends on what you mean by "support". It should work now using the vga/svga driver, in vga/svga modes. It should work now using the nv driver that's part of 7.3, which claims to support the GeForce 7xxxx boards, but you've got one with a really odd bus (HyperTransport???), which means I'm in over my head, but no one else has answered. That could mean anything from "the nv driver will work if you turn off the parts that HTX specific" to "your card won't be support until someone writes the HTX bus driver for FreeBSD" (since the nvidia driver supports it on i386, it shouldn't be that bad) - but in any case you get at best 2d acceleration. The 64-bit binary driver from nvidia need kernel support, and reports are it's being worked on, but adding support for a binary driver is a political issue, but that's the only option that gets full 3d-support. Your best course of action depends on what you want. Possibilities include patching the FreeBSD kernel to make the nvidia folks happy, trying to use a 32-bit X11 server so you can use the nvidia binary driver, trying to get the nv driver working, and getting a video card that's already supported. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20080328011449.2b8db5a8>