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[192.94.31.2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w4sm17295356wrs.88.2021.11.30.06.03.26 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:03:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:03:25 +0100 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 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.2 Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <371b758c-1efa-b5df-6437-ce4f06369383@gmail.com> <23c3e735-22b5-7528-e311-d75657c33a69@gmail.com> From: "Floyd, Paul" In-Reply-To: <23c3e735-22b5-7528-e311-d75657c33a69@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4J3P802zKYz4YYT X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=Lwwo6sXp; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of paulf2718@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::42e as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=paulf2718@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.92 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20210112]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.92)[-0.920]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::42e:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 2021-11-30 14:50, Jason Bacon wrote: > > If your nVidia cards are basically landfill, like some of mine, and > you don't care about 3D support, xf86-video-nv still works in some > case that would otherwise call for v304.  I wonder if it would be a > simple matter to add support to it for some additional older hardware > supported by v340.  Yes, I know nv is deprecated, but this may be the > only solution for ancient hardware. > No, not quite that bad. I do have one old workstation running Solaris 11.3. If ever that gets upgraded, it'll also be most of the hardware in the box. My FreeBSD machine has a GT-730 based card. When it boots linux, it uses the 390 driver. For some reason on FreeBSD 340 works but not 390 (at least that was the case when I installed, ~18 months ago, I should perhaps try again). A+ Paul