From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 23:39:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ADB216A417; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:39:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D57AF13C4C4; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:39:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lAGNd0ZC017060 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:39:00 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from dzihan.cs.washington.edu (dzihan.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.96]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lAGNcx2l026545 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:38:59 -0800 Message-ID: <473E2A13.9070301@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:38:59 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071003) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kip Macy References: <1195250927.473e14ef935c6@webmail.rawbw.com> <473E16A2.1070308@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.313940, Antispam-Data: 2007.11.16.151709 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='ECARD_WORD 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: Yuri , Remko Lodder , chat@freebsd.org, yuri@tsoft.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any hope to have things requested by NVidia in FreeBSD-7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:39:01 -0000 Kip Macy wrote: > On Nov 16, 2007 2:16 PM, Remko Lodder wrote: > >> Yuri wrote: >> >>> I read long time ago that the reason that NVidia can't have their driver on >>> 64-bit platform is that FreeBSD kernel lacks some functionality. >>> >>> Is this functionality present in 7.0? Or when to expect this to be done? >>> >>> I have NVidia card but still run 32-bit system because of lack of driver. >>> >>> Yuri >>> >> Hello, >> >> This discussion gets over and over again actually, no the required >> support is not yet there. There is a wiki page which denotes what >> is required to get this going. >> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests >> >> If you desperately need this, then consider funding someone >> (this has popped up before, it's interesting to arrange something >> like this because you need a trustable intermediating party that >> can arrange this, the FreeBSD Foundation is currently not able >> to do so as far as I can recall); who will do the work for you >> or do it yourself. >> >> There is currently no other way to get the support you want. >> >> Thanks, >> remko >> >> > > Remko - relax :) > > The wiki isn't really an obvious place for people to look. If we don't > already we should have a page on "popular hardware with support > issues". > > -Kip > Can't there be something added such as an easy to search for FAQ so this topic doesn't come up 2-7 times per month? I know people should use a search engine and search for the information first, but people seem extremely lazy and always ask current@, hackers@, and questions@, amongst other lists I'm sure.. Thanks, -Garrett PS Please CC me if replying on chat@, as I'm not subscribed to that list.