Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:50:30 -0600 From: Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <23c3e735-22b5-7528-e311-d75657c33a69@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <371b758c-1efa-b5df-6437-ce4f06369383@gmail.com> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <CAOtMX2gh98wbQ48S51QwpYfrnexpVb4vL%2BFVuxgLnT1otYjuAQ@mail.gmail.com> <bc3ba6502d5c5776f44304ff7878a5eb@bsdforge.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2111240056470.68830@ai.fobar.qr> <d45757d9-b5ca-e1c7-5a1c-18159227de17@gmail.com> <CACc-My1jjd=7rSpEA8rg6y_Qq=ebL-WsTZdhv40Zs=F=XfZqyg@mail.gmail.com> <CACc-My0Fu8yORoi8DW9dCL8EgmmRodH9YdMwNeFDybmDWpCRXQ@mail.gmail.com> <371b758c-1efa-b5df-6437-ce4f06369383@gmail.com>
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On 11/30/21 05:53, Floyd, Paul wrote: >> Message du 24/11/21 11:08 >> De : "Stefan Blachmann" >> Port nouveau to FreeBSD. >> >> Reason: >> There are ongoing changes in the xorg API which break older >> proprietary Nvidia cards' legacy drivers. >> In addition, Nvidia plans to drop/discontinue support for their 390 >> driver in 2022. >> Nvidia already stopped support releases for their 340 and older >> drivers so that a lot of Nvidia graphics cards can no longer be used >> on FreeBSD already or will be unusable very soon. >> >> https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142/~/support-timeframes-for-unix-legacy-gpu-releases >> > > > That's bad news that I hadn't seen. > > However I'm not sure that porting nouveau will help. My experience on > Fedora is that nouveau simply never works. > > A+ > Paul If your nVidia cards are basically landfill, like some of mine, and you don't care about 3D support, xf86-video-nv still works in some case that would otherwise call for v304. I wonder if it would be a simple matter to add support to it for some additional older hardware supported by v340. Yes, I know nv is deprecated, but this may be the only solution for ancient hardware. -- All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers ... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born. -- Francois Fenelon
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