Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-31 Thread Marc van Woerkom
> I would guess that if they have managed to abstract their NT source to the point > where a simple wrapper can turn it into a linux kmod, then it is quite possible > that it may be able to be ported to FreeBSD. The only other thing is whether > their X Server could be ported in such a way (is it

Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-31 Thread Coleman Kane
Trent Nelson had the audacity to say: > Garrett Rooney wrote: > > > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Trent Nelson wrote: > > > > > So, given a working FreeBSD-specific kernel device driver - can the > > > Linux OpenGL driver/libraries provided be handled via linux.ko? > > > > i believe the general

Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-29 Thread Trent Nelson
Garrett Rooney wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Trent Nelson wrote: > > > So, given a working FreeBSD-specific kernel device driver - can the > > Linux OpenGL driver/libraries provided be handled via linux.ko? > > i believe the general answer is a definative maybe. but honestly, do you

Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-29 Thread Garrett Rooney
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Trent Nelson wrote: > So, given a working FreeBSD-specific kernel device driver - can the > Linux OpenGL driver/libraries provided be handled via linux.ko? i believe the general answer is a definative maybe. but honestly, do you really care enough to try? it seems li

Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-29 Thread Trent Nelson
Peter Wemm wrote: > They provide the OS interface glue to enable interfacing with the > kernel. The driver then completely takes over the card management > in kernel context - busmaster DMA, command fifo managenent, card > memory management, the lot. So, given a working FreeBSD-speci

Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-29 Thread Peter Wemm
Garrett Rooney wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Nimrod Mesika wrote: > > > I thought the whole point of XFree4 new driver mechanism was that > > it was OS-neutral. It should be possible to run the same binary > > driver on all x86 platforms running XFree4 *without* recompiling. > > > > I don't know

Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-29 Thread Garrett Rooney
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Nimrod Mesika wrote: > I thought the whole point of XFree4 new driver mechanism was that > it was OS-neutral. It should be possible to run the same binary > driver on all x86 platforms running XFree4 *without* recompiling. > > I don't know how this driver interacts with the

Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support)

2000-07-29 Thread Trent Nelson
Moving to hackers@, where most discussions regarding the NVIDIA drivers seem to take place lately. Chris BeHanna wrote: > I don't remember if it was this list on which I saw this > discussion, or if it was hackers. Anyway, I looked at xfree86.org > today, and noticed that there is