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Date:      Thu, 03 Jun 1999 12:42:43 -0500
From:      "Jimbo Bahooli" <griffin@blackhole.iceworld.org>
To:        "Wes Peters" <wes@softweyr.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Fwd: Good news from NVIDIA]
Message-ID:  <199906031242430200.0D4A7C54@192.168.0.99>
In-Reply-To: <375615C9.CE0C2768@softweyr.com>
References:  <375615C9.CE0C2768@softweyr.com>

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On 6/2/99 at 11:42 PM Wes Peters wrote:

>Johan Jansson wrote:
>> 
>> NVIDIA has released OpenGL drivers for Linux/X, with source, for all
>> their chipsets. It also seems they intend these to be used as a base
>> for other platforms as well (BeOS for example). Here is from the
faq:
>> 
>> "This distribution is meant to tide-us-over until that time, as well
>> as provide source for other platforms that want RIVA support."
>> 
>> I think this is extremely good news. The drivers and faq can be
>> accessed from here:
>> 
>>
http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Products/Pages.nsf/pages/NVIDIA_Drivers
>
>Does anyone know how/if/when this will bleed over to FreeBSD?  A
>killer cheap OpenGL box might be kinda fun to have, and I'm already
>in the market for another desktop.  TNT cards have gotten pretty
>cheap...
>
>Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr
LLC

They provide the diffs to both Xfree, and Mesa, so with some luck you
should just be able to patch them up and compile them on FreeBSD.

Jimbo



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