From nobody Wed Nov 24 13:57:37 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E4418B71B4 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:58:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bacon4000@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qt1-x82e.google.com (mail-qt1-x82e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::82e]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4HzjJq1hZsz3tkP for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:58:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bacon4000@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qt1-x82e.google.com with SMTP id f20so2664409qtb.4 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:58:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject:content-language:to :cc:references:from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=THoi22rykcfq9g+55LyXVA5kW5MsglZRz1xu4xSh7HA=; b=LzT5RxI4U4LYSnKF4VWZJM/lBeMpuTiCh/OghrU+TzQsoCSQfubFdoCaypz1XfeRZc ZhOhaUhZ8zya8BlWLzral5d7KXqvrZThIiJbgP2mkRuoCtHEupfvaIT2uemoRXX0VFbn N32adaTmT2UeZweuc2c5J9bkUz3GbwH0EYkkrJ03wIbGU/E8MVbFDE8T2DjOpaApFiOJ fwzTlZCYnNKfr08ehxdcmuUprzhEtrXQQyiHJWORA84+mmV2hmZUv2/M/UVHFb68AdKQ L8UN/1r3enGJkwwt/nCLg2owrk5C0QK9uH84fa8ZhsslvXn9znN1DBUoA2an1UAAaCMh yK2A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:cc:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=THoi22rykcfq9g+55LyXVA5kW5MsglZRz1xu4xSh7HA=; b=Am/G39/IgbURdFsNymli5gtbTOF/O5aiF87gnxmb1GNW0gC7J4np3Rt918YoMjxw00 ode1RXZ2Yglmma6g2Rnh0x2sf1vg6OV4JCi10SnBYYxEMJr4luyFmU4lMZdi70sjnpUd T8sPyVe0dY4mn3EYTO+3Bx5yi5n+B2Vpph++0+Z8M65c4J/Xc+PzFP1pH4v/oec77B5n Mx6aI44ZsO6WzO1nuavN43qwVn9Sc/i9As9FOQqPZewES+iLELGSkoL7WAgj+wjsCmGf cJ3ADy9MGQLPrkE44L0m5YVEyaPJJoMSf5r6vG/JqdyZD+kJ5qGaun94lurONwYhFQSx cpxg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532oimnpAL3sa8jg2e6TQzo9RcFrOs2SM6a47inhJh5UOBF0FwZX d7Es0OQpNrs5a1acdIwbSNvb1dh+ZOk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxMCeLyhvFMoXvYkJ3d/LsWGDzIHQKHDFd2XH0HB+EpnLrywW5+YxxjLLFyXQvQf5kWNn+FlQ== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:4159:: with SMTP id e25mr7560326qtm.69.1637762298901; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:58:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPV6:2603:6000:a401:3a00:223:24ff:fe37:c4d7? (2603-6000-a401-3a00-0223-24ff-fe37-c4d7.res6.spectrum.com. [2603:6000:a401:3a00:223:24ff:fe37:c4d7]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q11sm7859166qtw.26.2021.11.24.05.58.18 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:58:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:57:37 -0600 List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.1 Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Content-Language: en-US To: Stefan Blachmann Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> From: Jason Bacon In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HzjJq1hZsz3tkP X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N 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 -- All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers ... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born. -- Francois Fenelon