Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 13:28:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@rpi.edu> To: nimrodm@email.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video card support) Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96.1000729132635.149136A-100000@cortez.sss.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000729200815.A772@localhost.bsd.net.il>
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Nimrod Mesika wrote: > I thought the whole point of XFree4 new driver mechanism was that > it was OS-neutral. It should be possible to run the same binary > driver on all x86 platforms running XFree4 *without* recompiling. > > I don't know how this driver interacts with the kernel module, > though. I'm not sure I even understand why a kernel module is > needed in this case. i believe it requires hooks into the kernel to make use of AGP, which is necessary for high performance 3d rendering. -garrett x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | rooneg@rpi.edu garrett rooney | | http://www.rpi.edu/~rooneg unix geek | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | unrequited love is neat because it lasts so much longer - w. t. c. | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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