Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:45:57 -0500 From: Jose Alonso Cardenas Marquez <acardenas@bsd.org.pe> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/nvidia-driver Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/x11/nvidia-driver/files 6113-patch-lib::Makefile Message-ID: <20070109104557.34031bc0.acm@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070107185545.GB3915@FreeBSD.org> References: <200701071847.l07IlGBG096820@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070107185545.GB3915@FreeBSD.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:55:45 +0000 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:47:16PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > danfe 2007-01-07 18:47:16 UTC > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > Modified files: > > x11/nvidia-driver Makefile distinfo pkg-plist > > x11/nvidia-driver/files 6113-patch-lib::Makefile > > Log: > > - Update to version 9746, the latest from nVidia, which adds support for > > GeForce 8800 GTS and GeForce 8800 GTX boards [1] > > Sadly, new driver apparently stopped supporting some cards like my good > old GeForce4 MX 440. It it, however, supported by 96xx and 7184 legacy > versions (with 7184 supporting even much older models of GPUs). I'm now > not sure if I should still consider 7184 being our "official" legacy > version (as nVidia webpage states) or move to 9631 (to help us care for > GF2/3/4 for time being but forget about Riva's and Vanta's). > > Let's see what people would say about this. > > ./danfe I think that you should include the 96xx/7xxx legacy drivers into the x11/nvidia-driver port. Also you could add a message to pre-everything with the url of "Supported NVIDIA Graphics Chips", it would help us to know what driver supported a determinate GPU. http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1.0-9746/README/appendix-a.html Greetings - ---- Jose Alonso Cardenas Marquez | http://www.FreeBSD.org acm@FreeBSD.org | http://www.BSD.org.pe GnuPG Key: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~acm/pgp/pubkey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFo7i1GV/UqJshvBkRAkjEAKCfm64ng6s3VPw6Aaq6CJHKWmOtfwCeOBCU docVDeRulgXcva1hbvqdGtc= =xbAp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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