Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas

From: Jason Bacon <bacon4000_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:57:37 UTC
On 11/24/21 04:05, Stefan Blachmann wrote:
> Port nouveau to FreeBSD.
> 
> Reason:
> There are ongoing changes in the xorg API which break older
> proprietary Nvidia cards' legacy drivers.
> In addition, Nvidia plans to drop/discontinue support for their 390
> driver in 2022.
> Nvidia already stopped support releases for their 340 and older
> drivers so that a lot of Nvidia graphics cards can no longer be used
> on FreeBSD already or will be unusable very soon.
> 
> https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142/~/support-timeframes-for-unix-legacy-gpu-releases

+1

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