Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:06:28 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: usleepless@gmail.com Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Daniel C. Dowse" <dcdowse@gmx.net> Subject: Re: GPUs on FBSD? Message-ID: <19207.62436.23817.593443@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <c39ec84c0911210348h3fb2c860le156f077046344b@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>
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usleepless@gmail.com writes: > The talk/announcement on the Nvidia forum is about a native video > driver for amd64 i believe. A lot of people are waiting for this > ( currently there is only Nvidia support for i386 ). I do not believe this is correct. _As I understand it_ there are (currently) two options: 1) "nv" driver; written by nVidia, but does not support recent (last N generations) cards, works only for i386, and does not support 100% of 3d functions. Breakage fixed, but no new features added. 2) "noveau" driver; written by third parties, works for i386 and amd64 (maybe for others). For what works, see the (hopefully outdated) web page. Under development: 3) "????"; written (and maintained/improved) by nVidia, words for i386 and amd64, supports all cards, supports all functionality. ETA not announced; no public testing yet. If anyone knows better, please correct this. Robert Huff
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