Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:06:44 +0300 From: Nimrod Mesika <nimrodm@bezeqint.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xfree86 and the G400 Message-ID: <20000817220644.A14098@localhost.bsd.net.il> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008171232170.16908-100000@deepthought.granfalloon.com>; from bokonon@rochester.rr.com on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:38:40PM -0400 References: <6381A6A8826BD31199500090279CAFBA106CB5@FOGHORN> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008171232170.16908-100000@deepthought.granfalloon.com>
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:38:40PM -0400, Caleb Land wrote: > Hello, > Scratch my previouse e-mail... it does appear that the driver is > open source (I overlooked the .tar.gz file), but since I don't > have one of those cards, I can't try it out. It is *not* open-source. If you look more carefully you'll see some of the code is in a binary-only library which gets linked to some source code provided. This is the same road nVidia has taken with their new drivers. A single binary library which holds their `secrets' and some minimal source code to let you compile/link it with your specified kernel (otherwise modules are generally not portable across different versions of the OS). Probably good for public-relations too ;) -- Nimrod. http://www.geocities.com/rodd_27 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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