Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:36:44 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode? Message-ID: <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org> In-Reply-To: <20080619145714.113c3065@mbook.local> References: <6300771b0806180513l469d6915y378400d728c12475@mail.gmail.com> <5f67a8c40806191100w7fca5e73icbac58e2beeeae44@mail.gmail.com> <20080619145714.113c3065@mbook.local>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Meyer wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <zbeeble@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit >>> FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably >>> PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? >> I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues >> blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which >> we had the source. > > Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? > > <mike Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia driver isn't working on the i386? I mean, I was wondering what might be my next project ... I have the machinery, and the source code is totally available, it's not a matter of Nvidia giving out a binary-only module, right? So, is anything more known? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIWtFsz62J6PPcoOkRAgGYAJ0R8Clur5S73FB7AV6rFGGyVyQLvgCgoAU+ pZYObPvyBBb22rU0SHVBPCk= =2KHm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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