From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 20 16:14:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC95C106575E for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1698FC1C for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so3756867bwz.3 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:14:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=zY1ngmpodJWeuFjTL4qAXnTUnYiDJx1SPVs90IEBUpU=; b=ivHzO/IJtZbX7YYekVO6ciksfnLxF977GD+wvN2JFXHCtqtL/CrhDVweQrJr2Um+hj nk+MrsiWw86sNBh0bRt0IBQEB9Q1kK0I+DuzwPssTOiTcWvT+DOjtcDJnSnUX+OKuikv Sp41UjefW/YYR5BeuT83Wrk16H+5cuwb99GIM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oLw+lZ6lQdSrK8Mr1dPkTreJuII66HxttiwAUmnKvPU3/LQsOfRu3+3BPOAUCKzgYl QFHvuWUvX6fjQ1QRQi78NZm+U9ENmfwmueCA37T7ofpTd4ZYgi2X6bjt0cUt7q2RWve3 RlnbyP2lzq2eAOtEH22Ifvy1Xgnj9vtmYyWY4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.49.79 with SMTP id u15mr1602096bkf.117.1258733663131; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:14:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <19206.45528.672400.407804@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20091120114657.GA22584@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <19206.45528.672400.407804@jerusalem.litteratus.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:03 +0000 Message-ID: To: Robert Huff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPUs on FBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:24 -0000 2009/11/20 Robert Huff : > > Chris Rees writes: >> =A0> Anybody knows of working GPUs under FBSD on any arch? >> =A0> Any advice? >> >> =A0Nvidia GPUs work on IA-32 machines, but AFAIK there's still no >> =A0amd64 driver. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0There was a posting within the last 24 hours on one of the > FreeBSD mailing lists that pointed to a post indicating nVidia is > working on native {i386, amd64} drivers. =A0The post was dated > November 5th; it provided no expected release date beyond "when it's > done". =A0My personal _estimation_ would be "when 8.0 ships, or soon > after". > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Robert Huf= f Now that could be very interesting.... Thanks for your alertness! I couldn't find the post you mentioned, though there is http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=3D2078598&postcount=3D415 Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?