amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7
Sam Fourman Jr.
sfourman at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 15:43:27 PST 2007
On Dec 17, 2007 5:33 PM, Kip Macy <kip.macy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
I wonder if having a petition signed by a bunch of people would help
this along, because I believe that amd64 3D accel on nvidia, is life
or death to PC-BSD in a year or so.
Sam Fourman Jr.
Sam Fourman Jr.
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