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On Sunday 15 August 2004 02:24, Tim Robbins wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 07:34:24PM +0100, Doug Rabson wrote:
> > The latest 6113 build of the nvidia graphics drivers has just
> > appeared on nvidia's web site. Check out
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-6113.html if you are
> > currently using the nvidia proprietary drivers. This driver works
> > nicely on FreeBSD-current and while this version is not
> > thread-safe, it does not conflict with libpthread or libthr's use
> > of %gs so you don't have to map everything down to libc_r any more
> > :-).
>
> Are you aware of any plans to release an AMD64 build of the driver?

I'm not aware of any plans. Anything like that will require working 
kernel module support on amd64 though.