Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 03:00:59 +0200 From: Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 4.2, FreeBSD -STABLE, drivers and capabilities Message-ID: <200208280300.59677.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> In-Reply-To: <20020827164253.A17125@polands.org> References: <20020827164253.A17125@polands.org>
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On Tuesday 27 August 2002 23:42, Doug Poland wrote: > Hi, > > How does one find out if there is an XFree86/FreeBSD driver for a given > video adapter and which features are supported (2d vs. 3d, accelerated > vs. unaccellerated)? > > After searching the lists I think I've determined that GeForce4 is not > supported, but who actually KNOWS that or where is documentation/code > that one can read to find the definitive answer? > > So maybe the GeForce3 has support? XFree86 website > ( http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Status22.html#22 ) reports: > > 22. NVIDIA > > 4.2.0: > Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta, > M64), GeForce (DDR, 256), Quadro, GeForce2 (GTS, Ultra, MX), GeForce3, and > Quadro2 is provided by the "nv" driver. 2D accelerated. > > Since I'm running 4.2.0 and I have the file: > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o > > Do I have accelerated 2d/3d support? 2D only. > > Searching google groups turns up older, ambiguous results. For example on > -STABLE, in July 2001 ( > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=9j464j%242 >jpu%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw ) reports... > > "Well, to put this to rest... > > 2D support (non-accelerated) has been working for Geforce models since > at least 4.0.1 (if not before). I've used my Geforce 2 MX with all > releases from 4.0.1 to 4.1.0. The announcement is for the accelerated > 2D/3D drivers, currently Linux-only. The FreeBSD drivers are in the > works, and we're currently just waiting for NVIDIA to help us out on > some central issues (see http://nvidia.netexplorer.org). With any luck, > and the NVIDIA engineers having a bit more time (nForce launch and all), > we should have 3D support for pretty much the full line of NVIDIA cards > within the next several weeks." > > But I've seen nothing newer that would substantiate that. Have you seen http://nvidia.netexplorer.org? It says they're still waiting. > > So before I plunk down $100US+ for a graphics adapter, how do I KNOW that > the card (and which features) is supported? nVidia 3D accelleration is *not* supported in FreeBSD at this moment, until the FreeBSD nVidia Driver Initiative (nvidia.netexplorer.org) comes up with something real good, or until someone reverse-engineers the complete chipset and writes a DRI driver. Both of these things probably won't happen soon, so you'd probably be better off buying another card. Speaking of DRI: more information can be found at people.freebsd.org/~anholt/dri/. From that site, you can also see that the only 'current-generation' chipset with DRI support is the ATi Radeon 8500, and that's with development drivers. Hope that clarifies some things for you, Arjan van Leeuwen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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