Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 12:13:33 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 7025/7050PV/nForce 630a graphics Message-ID: <1243444413.2926.2472.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <4A1D6E6A.8060702@gmail.com> References: <4A1D348F.8090504@gmail.com> <1243433247.2926.2277.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4A1D6E6A.8060702@gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 22:16 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: > Robert Noland wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:09 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am thinking of going in for an AMD solution for my new home PC. > >> > >> Does FreeBSD work easily with Asus M2N68-AM (nvidia GeForce 7025/nForce > >> 630a graphics as per Asus; nvidia GeForce 7050PV/nForce 630a graphics as > >> per CNET/other sites). I would probably be using this along with Athlon > >> Dual-Core 5200+ > >> > >> FreeBSD-7.1's drm directory in src does NOT seem to have a listing for > >> GeForce 7025/GeForce 7050/nForce 630a. And xorgconfigurator just lists > >> one (generic) driver nv for nvidia. So would DRI work ? > > > > There are three possible drivers, nv (kindof old and crusty), nouveau > > (in current ports), and the binary blob from Nvidia (currently i386 > > only). For nv, there is no drm. For nouveau, I have patches for drm > > support that I may go ahead and commit to -CURRENT over the next couple > > of days. The current patch also applies to -STABLE. With the patch you > > should get accelerated EXA and Xv, but not 3d yet. I have gotten the 3d > > driver to sort of work, but generally it isn't in a user ready state (on > > linux either). > > > > The binary blob does whatever it does and I'll let others give you > > details on that. > > > > robert. > > > >> I ask this because I currently have an i810-based motherboard for which > >> there is no DRI support in FreeBSD and I need to make sure I don't end > >> up without DRI again. > > > > > Hello Roland, > > Thanks for your reply. One final question. > > > With the patch you should get accelerated EXA and Xv, but not 3d yet. > > I am only interested in playing DVD's, not games. Are EXA and Xv > sufficient for that ? If 3d is required too, then I have to dump this > idea altogether and try something else. Xv is normally what is used for video, so I think you should be ok. I don't have this particular card/chip though... robert. -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkoddL0ACgkQM4TrQ4qfROME9gCghRQSNnVT9+Z2EkHYBAnvM7LC W5UAn3foHCEua3N169VEC9mfXrA5B268 =c4GZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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