Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:43:10 +1000 From: Brett Wildermoth <B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 + Nvidia Display Card Message-ID: <200507140743.11021.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <200507131418.01991.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200507131933.12318.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> <20050713102642.k4svdf8s08ososkk@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <200507131418.01991.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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--nextPart1656994.kcMlzdAqcK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:18 am, owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org wrote: > On Wednesday 13 July 2005 10:26 am, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > Quoting Brett Wildermoth <B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au>: > > > To all my fellow FreeBSD users, > > > > > > I assume I am not the only one who is in this predicament. I have just > > > bought seven AMD 64s with NVIDIA PCI-X graphics. With 5.4 I can get > > > everything bar the network and X to work, with 6.0 I can get the > > > network to work also. However no matter what I do I can't get X to > > > work. > > > > > > Why doesn't NVIDIA make a graphics driver for FreeBSD AMD64. They > > > make one for > > > Linux x86-64 and one for FreeBSD-x86. > > > > > > Perhaps would could all post a message on nvforum. I see some people > > > already have..... > > > > > > Perhaps NVIDIA think FreeBSD is just a hobby OS...... > > > > Last I heard, nvidia had no plans to make a FreeBSD amd64 driver. Just > > post that > > you're pissed about it like the rest of us are... maybe they'll > > reconsider. > > Not true. FreeBSD's kernel doesn't provide some things needed for an amd= 64 > driver to be feasible. Like what???? what are these features? and if they are really important why= =20 aren't they on the cards to be included into FreeBSD...... =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ Brett Wildermoth BEng(ME) MPhil Lecturer / PhD Student School of Microelectronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Info. Tech. Ph. +61 7 3875 5063, Fax. +61 7 3875 5384 Email. B.Wildermoth@grifith.edu.au =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ --nextPart1656994.kcMlzdAqcK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC1YrvbSsZm/bQWSwRAgwjAJoD/wBad8aFOrJ6pEdPIrPe+iywsQCdGNLY Xjao1ufA3/piZfqgffqWqRY= =Supy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1656994.kcMlzdAqcK--
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