On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Robert Noland <rnol...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 15:18 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 03:47:24PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I was wondering if you're working on a port for the 64bit version of >> > the new beta state nvidia driver [1]. >> >> Yup, thanks for the pointer. I'm considering options right now. >> >> > >> > Since it's a completely different version it should IMO be separate from >> > x11/nvidia-driver. Maybe x11/nvidia-driver-amd64 and x11/nvidia-driver >> > could be renamed to x11/nvidia-driver-i386. >> >> This would be the easiest route, but I'm not sure this is the best thing >> to do. From user's perspective, one should be able to "cd >> category/port" and "make install". The rest (including taking care of >> architecture-dependent things) should be handled by underlying >> infrastructure. Right now I believe our bpm is capable of the task, and >> my pmake/bpm-fu is strong enough, we'll see. > > I've never actually used the blob, but is the new driver only amd64? I > presume that it does need at least 8.0-RELEASE to work, but I can't
it also works with RELENG_7 (but not 7.2R) as a side note, I installed wine in a 32bit chroot and installed the 32bit version of the new nvidia driver and I can Play World of Warcraft without any issues, so I guess it works Just like linux does. Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
