Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:25:22 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nvidia-driver 256.35 released Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1006231100580.76534@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <20100623034318.GA24909@FreeBSD.org> References: <20100622213511.ff59dcf5.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> <4C2117DB.1010000@gmail.com> <AANLkTim12weMYUs4hT1lvKuB3mVO6M01fq6JvmtX-lN8@mail.gmail.com> <4C211BD7.1010802@gmail.com> <20100623010933.GB10117@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTik2GD4TxYQDtn4d-WmUGptnYCZpxnJcil0N4qHe@mail.gmail.com> <20100623034318.GA24909@FreeBSD.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --56599777-1452663584-1277310322=:76534 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=koi8-r; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 08:30:54PM -0500, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >> 2010/6/22 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>: *snip* >>> Sure, I will take care of plist issues upon the upgrade. šWhat is >>> more important right now is driver stability issues people had been >>> having. I must rely on other people testing since I was not able to >>> reproduce most of them in my local environment. >> >> So what exactly do I have to do to test this? >> in the Makefile just >> >> -DISTVERSION?= 195.36.24 >> +DISTVERSION?= 256.35 > > I would suggest to start with 195.36.31, as 256.xx are early betas. > Ideally, I want a stable version in 195.36.yy series before start > looking at upcoming 256 ones. The 195.36.24/amd64 driver gives me no additional problems over 195.36.15 (current version in port) for a GeForce 8800 GTS. I see no 195.36.31 for amd64 available from nVidia. Since the amd64 versions were beta until the 256 series, Zander was blessing us--thank you!--with releases of it. [1] Sean 1. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=150672 -- scf@FreeBSD.org --56599777-1452663584-1277310322=:76534--
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