From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 14 10:02:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9E9A16A41F; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:02:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au) Received: from smtp02.syd.iprimus.net.au (smtp02.syd.iprimus.net.au [210.50.76.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A21643D48; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:02:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (211.27.187.95) by smtp02.syd.iprimus.net.au (7.2.060.1) id 42A0B1C100DA7AA6; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:02:05 +1000 From: Brett Wildermoth Organization: Griffith University To: Rainer Duffner Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:00:45 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200507131933.12318.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> <200507140743.11021.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> <42D62DB7.5040301@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <42D62DB7.5040301@ultra-secure.de> X-Face: #"DtK&7^5P|u6yesiHW<_YTpWs>V8v|7J%W[b6O~\9emUr??J}9>jRP`j"a7jaE,2>=?utf-8?q?V=2E=60k=0A=09dX53n=3B0L=3Bz=5BY*=5D80/iO=26?= Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 + Nvidia Display Card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Brett Wildermoth List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:02:22 -0000 --nextPart1242507.ZcnZNn1fVI Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:17 pm, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Brett Wildermoth wrote: > >On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:18 am, owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org wrote: > >>On Wednesday 13 July 2005 10:26 am, Kenneth Culver wrote: > >>>Quoting Brett Wildermoth : > >>>>To all my fellow FreeBSD users, > >>>> > >>>>I assume I am not the only one who is in this predicament. I have just > >>>>bought seven AMD 64s with NVIDIA PCI-X graphics. With 5.4 I can get > >>>>everything bar the network and X to work, with 6.0 I can get the > >>>>network to work also. However no matter what I do I can't get X to > >>>>work. > >>>> > >>>>Why doesn't NVIDIA make a graphics driver for FreeBSD AMD64. They > >>>>make one for > >>>>Linux x86-64 and one for FreeBSD-x86. > >>>> > >>>>Perhaps would could all post a message on nvforum. I see some people > >>>>already have..... > >>>> > >>>>Perhaps NVIDIA think FreeBSD is just a hobby OS...... > >>> > >>>Last I heard, nvidia had no plans to make a FreeBSD amd64 driver. Just > >>>post that > >>>you're pissed about it like the rest of us are... maybe they'll > >>>reconsider. > >> > >>Not true. FreeBSD's kernel doesn't provide some things needed for an > >> amd64 driver to be feasible. > > > >Like what???? what are these features? and if they are really important > > why aren't they on the cards to be included into FreeBSD...... > > I think this has come up before (multiple times...almost a FAQ-candidate > IMO). > AFAICR, the changes are not in CURRENT, yet, but there are plans to > integrate them in the future. > > Can't you just run those AMD-boxes in i386-mode, for the time being? > > BTW: wouldn't it be good to note things like these in the > "errata"-section in the handbook? > The port itself is marked as "ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D i386". But usually, by the > time one reaches that stage, the hardware has already been bought ;-) > > Do all other Xorg-drivers work on AMD64? > > > > > cheers, > Rainer The card is too new to be supported by the nv 2D driver supplied in Xorg. A= ny=20 card supported by the standard Xorg under FreeBSD x86 is also supported und= er=20 =46reeBSD x86-64 with the same capabilities. Brett =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ Brett Wildermoth BEng(ME) MPhil Lecturer / PhD Student School of Microelectronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Info. Tech. Ph. +61 7 3875 5063, Fax. +61 7 3875 5384 Email. B.Wildermoth@grifith.edu.au =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ --nextPart1242507.ZcnZNn1fVI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC1jfObSsZm/bQWSwRAmtLAJ9uvRcI7HVouz7XtppZgACQrQwg5QCaAlWq 6GeWnYspgbPmvUcfiHtKTQg= =nNY3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1242507.ZcnZNn1fVI--