amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7
Kip Macy
kip.macy at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 15:33:10 PST 2007
> Not to go on endlessly but also note this: "The FreeBSD kernel
> provides some support for this via cloning devices; the NVIDIA FreeBSD
> graphics driver used this interface for a while, but bugs/limitations
> and differences between kernel versions made it necessary to revert to
> regular device nodes.". So the i386 port works without this feature
> but an amd64 port won't even get started without it?
>
It boils down to the fact that NVIDIA only has serious customer demand
for Linux. They're willing to support FreeBSD as a favor to us so long
as it is easy.
-Kip
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