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Date:      Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:20:43 -0700
From:      John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>
To:        FreeBSD-STABLE@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Games on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3AD6465B.61BAAF49@webmail.bmi.net>
References:  <200104120134.UAA20957@freebsd.netcom.com> <3AD52A10.7997F8EA@quake.com.au> <20010411233302.A8789@cec.wustl.edu> <3AD53763.B2B2B38A@quake.com.au> <20010412000948.C8789@cec.wustl.edu> <20010412191629.C1312@laptop.os2warp.org>

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Scott Lambert wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:09:48AM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote:
> >
> > Has anybody offered to sign an NDA with nVidia to write a binary-only
> > driver for FreeBSD? Everybody should ask around amongst all the good
> > FreeBSD hackers, to see if one of them would be willing to do so.
> 
> Or go talk to SciTech Software.  They are in the business of writing video
> drivers for other people's hardware.  They work really well on OS/2.
> 
> They have a project to build drivers for XF86 for Linux.  It is pay-ware
> but worth it.  I have four copies for my OS/2 boxes.
> 
> Scott
> 
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Yes, they'd be willing to do it (I almost sure), but they have the same
problem--nVidia won't release the tech specs for the chips for love,
money, or an ND.

jmc

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