Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:52:27 +0400 From: Pavel Arefiev <pavel.arefiev@simplex-finance.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia FreeBSD display driver - 319.12 Beta (Optimus) Message-ID: <2576987.CuEMFa8F9v@sf1.local> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1LuoNuJ--qd5AJ9x0C1z8T%2B3TakEN4jgQBQctceDDW5%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> References: <1366720913.739.YahooMailNeo@web161904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <CAFHbX1LuoNuJ--qd5AJ9x0C1z8T%2B3TakEN4jgQBQctceDDW5%2Bw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi. AFAIK, it relies upon some kernel interfaces, that have been realised o= nly in=20 Linux kernel yet. These kernel interfaces are PRIME and DMA-BUF. May be= I'm=20 wrong at this point. The driver is worth giving it a try imho and still= should=20 work but without Optimus yet maybe. Regards, Vans. =D0=92 =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=8C=D0=BC=D0=B5 =D0=BE=D1=82 23 =D0=B0=D0=BF= =D1=80=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8F 2013 14:23:54 =D0=BF=D0=BE=D0=BB=D1=8C=D0=B7=D0= =BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8C Tom Evans =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0= =B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi all > >=20 > > It says following Nvidia display driver supports Optimus: > >=20 > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd-x86-319.12-driver.html > >=20 > > Has anybody tried it on FreeBSD? Does it really support Optimus? Ho= w is it > > usability, are there any frequent crashes? > >=20 > > Unga >=20 > The FreeBSD relnotes for that driver are missing a section that the > equivalent Linux version has on how to setup Optimus: >=20 > http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/319.12/README/randr14= .html >=20 > From that page, it seems like you will need some very up to date Xorg= > components, as well as a co-operating secondary graphics driver. I > don't know if you can get all those things yet on FreeBSD, nor if eve= n > having them would allow it all to work, given the missing > documentation in the driver. >=20 > Perhaps worth a try if you have some Optimus kit. >=20 > Cheers >=20 > Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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