Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:38:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc van Woerkom <3d@hub.freebsd.org> To: mreimer@vpop.net Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nvidia binary drivers Message-ID: <20010402173832.C926C37B71C@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3AC8B3D6.7A8047F5@vpop.net> (message from Matthew Reimer on Mon, 02 Apr 2001 10:16:06 -0700)
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> I think that wouldn't help any -- nvidia_drv.o needs the kernel module > to communicate with the card. A Linux X server running under FreeBSD Linuxulater would of course have no trouble talking to a Linux kernel module - or? I rather think that the Linux emulation is possibly not complete enough. (for example I have no clue how to introduce the /dev/nvida driver here) > Theoretically, all that needs to happen is > to port the kernel module to BSD, and then everything else should just > work. I know that for over a year now. :) This makes the work not less depressing. At least I have now access to a Linux box with XF4, so can probe little better what's going. > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=triantos&max=100&sort=date&index=all&source=freebsd-hackers At least one FreeBSD user was working there at nvidia a year ago, but obviously he had other things to do. :) Regards, Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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