From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Apr 28 02:24:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA03434 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 02:24:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from quokka.prth.tensor.pgs.com (quokka1.prth.tensor.pgs.com [157.147.224.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA03407 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 02:24:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shocking@ariadne.prth.tensor.pgs.com) Received: from ariadne.tensor.pgs.com (ariadne [157.147.227.36]) by quokka.prth.tensor.pgs.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA29155; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:23:49 +0800 (WST) Received: from ariadne by ariadne.tensor.pgs.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id RAA24185; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:23:36 +0800 Message-Id: <199804280923.RAA24185@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Daniel O'Connor" cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interesting info about 3Dfx In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:27:24 +0930." <199804280657.QAA29804@cain.gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:23:36 +0800 From: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > > > to cleanup /dev/3dfx, get 3Dfx to OK the source release of /dev/3dfx > > > > since it doesn't really include any of their code that shouldn't be a > > > > problem, and making an RPM. > > > The last paragraph is quite interesting :) > > > I think it means that he is trying to get 3dfx to release the kernel level > > That would be THE reason to go out and buy a 3dfx card :) > Yes it would, but alas no :( > Daryll just emailed me and said that the device would just be there so > userland stuff can map the card into memory and do a few simple queries (I > suppose to remove the root-only problem with access). Which is nice, but not > the whole enchilada :) > Hopefully quake2-3.15 would support all this. We can but dream of having FreeBSD native apps beating on that card. Stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message