Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:36:08 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Daniel C. Dowse" <dcdowse@gmx.net> Subject: Re: GPUs on FBSD? Message-ID: <c39ec84c0911210636s2f175095gde76f46486f3baa4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <19207.62436.23817.593443@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20091120114657.GA22584@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091120181629.3e1a3aee.dcdowse@gmx.net> <c39ec84c0911201111k2404dea1oe7303ecd6bea8c05@mail.gmail.com> <20091121112802.GA70284@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <c39ec84c0911210348h3fb2c860le156f077046344b@mail.gmail.com> <19207.62436.23817.593443@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> usleepless@gmail.com writes:
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> > The talk/announcement on the Nvidia forum is about a native video
> > driver for amd64 i believe. A lot of people are waiting for this
> > ( currently there is only Nvidia support for i386 ).
>
> I do not believe this is correct. _As I understand it_ there
> are (currently) two options:
>
> 1) "nv" driver; written by nVidia, but does not support
> recent (last N generations) cards, works only for i386,
> and does not support 100% of 3d functions. Breakage
> fixed, but no new features added.
> 2) "noveau" driver; written by third parties, works for i386
> and amd64 (maybe for others). For what works, see the
> (hopefully outdated) web page.
>
> Under development:
>
> 3) "????"; written (and maintained/improved) by nVidia, words
> for i386 and amd64, supports all cards, supports all
> functionality. ETA not announced; no public testing yet.
>
> If anyone knows better, please correct this.
>
>
as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved drivers for
FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid )
and for example:
%kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 8 0xc0400000 5ec918 kernel
2 1 0xc09ed000 753c90 nvidia.ko
3 1 0xc497c000 e000 fuse.ko
4 1 0xc4b64000 2000 rtc.ko
The announcement may be about a unified driver, i don't know about that.
3. "nvidia". have X use the Nvidia supplied driver.
Works for me?
xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-80"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-76"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024"
Option "DamageEvents" "True"
EndSection
Is this not what you meant?
regards,
usleep
> Robert Huff
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