Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:25:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supercomputing with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <657952.52146.qm@web57008.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <86od5smii6.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote: > From: Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> > Subject: Re: Supercomputing with FreeBSD? > To: "Michael Vince" <mv@thebeastie.org> > Cc: "Unga" <unga888@yahoo.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 8:40 PM > Michael Vince <mv@thebeastie.org> writes: > > Yes I remember when Nvidia posted that post so they > could better > > support their hardware on FreeBSD, but at least a few > FreeBSD > > developers slammed the Nvidia poster for reasons that > appeared to me > > to be quite unreasonable. >=20 > The only people who slammed it were those who had no clue > what it was > all about. Several of the features nVidia requested are > being worked on > by those who do. >=20 Its finally very good to note people who know how to do it are being workin= g on it. At a time Linux is either fading or struggling on desktop, and at a time Li= nux developers have to beg for OEMs for open source drivers that they never= get, it is the undeniable responsibility of the FreeBSD developers who kno= w how to clear those issues to clear it and make the infrastructure ready f= or OEMs to develop drivers for FreeBSD.=20 Success of the FreeBSD based desktop depends on the availability of drivers= direct from OEMs, ie, from those who have the specs for it. Its up to the = OEMs to decide whether to open source the drivers or not. Its only the BSDs= can offer this freedom of choice to OEMs, not definitely Linux, which lega= lly demands them to open source only. Another importance of this is, gaming developers are increasingly voice for= 64-bit operating systems. Top end game developers find maximum 4GB RAM is = a thing of the past, they need very much more. Things that nVidia requested are not only for nVidia, I can remember either= Open Sound System developers or Jack developers also mentioned they are al= so handicapped with non-availability of such features.=20 Good luck for those guys who work on the requirements highlighted by nVidia= and get them soon out with FreeBSD 7.X and/or FreeBSD 8.0. Best Regards Unga =0A=0A=0A
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