Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:27:02 +0800 From: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> To: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> Cc: abi <abi@abinet.ru>, x11-list freebsd <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: End of year Xorg status rant Message-ID: <CALM2mE=kNek_XFpkUt54mwctuxZH8OMwT38szcQ4HFhJ_k_1YQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1595bdc0a96.b508ef2f74041.1895406691949887756@nextbsd.org> References: <20161230163653.54909631@rsbsd.rsb> <15952279f17.e0be0d8c34357.732964216134709731@nextbsd.org> <20161231120453.13adf858@thor.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <20161231145143.18e6ac99@rsbsd.rsb> <CAMwkeZz%2BJA2Lzjs9=MYVvYrU61XbLnfdYbwqAwXL3oBPWdw9kQ@mail.gmail.com> <20170101183653.2c85698a@rsbsd.rsb> <CALM2mE=epAkxxYOn3EmeULrDay3fR=PGJ93k_xLCzHELP3aA9A@mail.gmail.com> <1595bce760d.c5a48b9473813.1749970069728099599@nextbsd.org> <58696F74.2000703@abinet.ru> <1595bdc0a96.b508ef2f74041.1895406691949887756@nextbsd.org>
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Matthew it doesn't matter how big the obstacles are, you either find away past the obstacle or die trying. Consider this thing a go, I'll be around. Best, Owen On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> wrote: > ---- On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 13:05:58 -0800 abi <abi@abinet.ru> wrote ---- > > > > On 01.01.2017 23:52, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > Evangelists != money. If some data center operator tomorrow said that > they'd buy 2000 pascal cards, but they had to be supported by FreeBSD, > Nvidia would support would appear shortly thereafter. Unfortunately, that > is not likely to happen. > > > > > It would be better if Nvidia drops support of FreeBSD. I remember we had > > nouveau in 7.x (2010 ?) but nvidia driver killed it. And it continue to > > haunt graphics subsystem, killing the enthusiasm to port amd or intel > > drivers. BSDs without access to nvidia blob are ahead of us even if they > > have much less manpower. > > Although it is nice to have a professionally supported driver, I > frequently refer to the nvidia driver as a "trojan horse" because of the > ensuing neglect of everything else. > > -M > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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