From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 26 10:27:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mel.alcatel.fr (mel.alcatel.fr [212.208.74.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35DF437BF2A for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:27:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) Received: from aifhs10.alcatel.fr (mailhub2.alcatel.fr [155.132.188.80]) by mel.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id TAA23654; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:26:45 +0200 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr (frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr [155.132.251.32]) by aifhs10.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with SMTP id TAA25720; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:23:56 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.6 (890.1 7-16-1999)) id C1256928.005FE010 ; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:27:12 +0200 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ALCATEL To: mmuir@es.co.nz Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:27:10 +0200 Subject: Re: agp and 3dfx Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, We will need more than the basic X-server to use any new graphics board, as their main selling point is 3D, and the basic drivers of X are way behind. The main issue is in establishing FreeBSD as a "credible" platform (how many users of FreeBSD want to pay for a 3D-optimized A|W application ?) TfH Mike Muir on 26/07/2000 19:16:25 Please respond to mmuir@es.co.nz To: Thierry HERBELOT/FR/ALCATEL@ALCATEL cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: agp and 3dfx Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > > Hello, > > I've had a quick look at NVidia's "src-rpm" for its driver under Linux, and I've been > very disappointed to see that the main parts of this driver are 3 binary object files > for which there is no source. > > This inhibits porting by people from the FreeBSD projects - and it's sad, > considering my owning of a TNT2 ... I'm not sure if you saw my posting to question@freebsd.org but with the announcement of A|W porting Maya v3.0 to Linux, and the expected slew of related applications that will follow, we need the driver support from Nvidia ESPECIALLY when considering their recent push towards workstation solutions (quadro2 line.) Are there many high end cards which require more than an Xserver and/or driver which may already be available? (ala nvidia) -mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message