Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 05:36:44PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Meyer wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which we had the source. Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? mike Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia driver isn't working on the i386? I mean, I was wondering what might be my next project ... I have the machinery, and the source code is totally available, it's not a matter of Nvidia giving out a binary-only module, right? So, is anything more known? you might want to port nouveau (http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/) to FreeBSD. that would be a great thing to have ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which we had the source. ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which we had the source. Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? mike -- Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Meyer wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which we had the source. Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? mike Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia driver isn't working on the i386? I mean, I was wondering what might be my next project ... I have the machinery, and the source code is totally available, it's not a matter of Nvidia giving out a binary-only module, right? So, is anything more known? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIWtFsz62J6PPcoOkRAgGYAJ0R8Clur5S73FB7AV6rFGGyVyQLvgCgoAU+ pZYObPvyBBb22rU0SHVBPCk= =2KHm -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Robey wrote: Mike Meyer wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which we had the source. Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? mike Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia driver isn't working on the i386? CRAP I meant AMD64. I'm beyond hope. I mean, I was wondering what might be my next project ... I have the machinery, and the source code is totally available, it's not a matter of Nvidia giving out a binary-only module, right? So, is anything more known? ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIWtKAz62J6PPcoOkRAqs5AJ9dR9oVygdQwhbTfi9Zn15HmTnvkwCeNWuY oD74ln11Ryu6Ebr4mubBwfA= =h7p6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:36:44 -0400 Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia driver isn't working on the i386? I presume you mean on amd64, since it does work on i386. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-June/016995.html ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:41:20 -0400 Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Robey wrote: Mike Meyer wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which we had the source. Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? mike Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia driver isn't working on the i386? CRAP I meant AMD64. I'm beyond hope. This seems to be the most detailed explanation, though I have no idea about accuracy. http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackersm=115157983106569w=2 mike -- Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:41:20 -0400 Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Robey wrote: Mike Meyer wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which we had the source. Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? mike Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia driver isn't working on the i386? CRAP I meant AMD64. I'm beyond hope. This seems to be the most detailed explanation, though I have no idea about accuracy. http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackersm=115157983106569w=2 mike This is a more succinct wiki page: http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests -Garrett ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode?
Hi, Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? Stephen ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
