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Date:      Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:06:13 -0500
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        usleepless@gmail.com
Cc:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Daniel C. Dowse" <dcdowse@gmx.net>
Subject:   Re: GPUs on FBSD?
Message-ID:  <19208.7685.618806.427672@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <c39ec84c0911210721v5e91bb61y8ee57df9a8d88d40@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20091120114657.GA22584@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091120181629.3e1a3aee.dcdowse@gmx.net> <c39ec84c0911201111k2404dea1oe7303ecd6bea8c05@mail.gmail.com> <20091121112802.GA70284@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <c39ec84c0911210348h3fb2c860le156f077046344b@mail.gmail.com> <19207.62436.23817.593443@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <c39ec84c0911210636s2f175095gde76f46486f3baa4@mail.gmail.com> <19208.397.260679.116124@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <c39ec84c0911210721v5e91bb61y8ee57df9a8d88d40@mail.gmail.com>

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usleepless@gmail.com writes:

>  > >  as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved
>  > >  drivers for FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid )
>  >
>  >         And see this from the Makefile:
>  >
>  > # Starting with version 1.0-7667, NVidia has dropped support for
>  > # numerous "legacy" GPUs.  Consult NVidia README (the Appendix) to
>  > # find out whether you need to use legacy driver version and install
>  > # one of corresponding `x11/nvidia-driver-71',
>  > # `x11/nvidia-driver-96', or `x11/nvidia-driver-173' slave ports.
>  >
>  >
>  are you trying to be right afterall?

	Someone's confused.  If it's me, that needs to get fixed.


				Robert Huff




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