On 5/27/2016 2:37 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
On 27/05/2016, John Marino <[email protected]> wrote:
1) Max already told you it would not work. Did you think it was
possible that nobody would know that FreeBSD BLOBs work on DragonFly?
Of course we know that they do not (nor should anyone have expected they
would).
I assume from that tirade, that the dragonflybsd web site, and, what
is written about dragonflybsd, is all wrong, and, consequently, that
dragonflybsd has never had anything to do with freeBSD, and that
nothing that works with freeBSD, works with dragonflyBSD, or has ever
worked with dragonflyBSD..
Let me flip the script.
How should we on this list interpret your posting of screenshots of the
nvidia site?
A) You think we aren't aware that nvidia makes BLOB drivers for FreeBSD
and you are informing us that they exist (regardless of the fact these
exact files are delivered via freebsd ports which we use)
B) You think we could be aware, but have never tried to use them.
C) other?
Now -- On what technical basis are you using to suppose that 12+ years
after divergence, FreeBSD kernel binaries could work on DragonFly?
So in other words, what does your quote about the relationship between
FreeBSD and DragonFly have to do with anything?
NVIDIA does not work on DragonFly.
It will not work on DragonFly until something changes. The passage of
time will not help this situation. There are only two solutions.
1) NVIDIA creates a BLOB for binary. If they do this, we'll package it
in a dport, I promise.
2) An expert somebody creates a wrapper so that DragonFly can load a
freebsd kernel module. It's technically possible but I would not hold
my breath. Nobody is working on it.
graphics drivers don't just appear. SOmebody has to do a LOT of work
and nobody is doing anything for NVidia. This is mostly nvidia's fault too.
John
