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Date:      Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:43:23 +0300
From:      swell.k@gmail.com
To:        Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xf86-video-nouveau
Message-ID:  <86wsc9pf5w.fsf@gmail.com>
References:  <863aeyhd7f.fsf@gmail.com> <1233506480.1534.38.camel@ferret.2hip.net>

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Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> writes:

> On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 09:40 +0300, swell.k@gmail.com wrote:
>> Can someone on the list tell if it's good idea to send a PR with
>> only DDX part of nouveau driver? It works on my system which is:
>> 
>>      FreeBSD 8-CURRENT amd64 with GeForce 9600 GT, no DRM module
>>      Xorg.0.log - http://pastebin.com/f34b1ff30
>> 
>> There was even one report that this driver worked where xf86-video-nv
>> didn't.

As reporter says this was on integrated C51PV [GeForce 6150] and AL2051W.

>
> I think I looked into this briefly a little while back.  Thanks for
> putting this together.  Go ahead and send-pr and ask to assign it to me,
> or just send me the pr #.

Well, I was surprised that it worked without modifications, too.
The PR number is `ports/131276'.

There is one known issue in it: switching from Xserver to syscons
and back to Xserver causes the latter to crash.

>
> I can't test it, other than to verify the build, but I will consult the
> nouveau guys about the build issue.
>
> robert.
>
>> In the port's distfile there is ChangeLog file which is basically
>> `git log --stat'. Current revision in git doesn't work on my system
>> since commit 410788dc896d99b658508e3a7ebcb4940a039f35, that's why
>> the port is not about latest snapshot.



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