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Date:      Sun, 30 Jul 2000 14:28:23 +0800
From:      Trent Nelson <tpnelson@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au>
To:        Garrett Rooney <rooneg@rpi.edu>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, nimrodm@email.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux NVIDIA drivers vs. default XFree86 drivers (WAS: RE: Video   card support)
Message-ID:  <3983CB07.9436BB0C@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au>
References:  <Pine.A41.3.96.1000730013029.154958A-100000@cortez.sss.rpi.edu>

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Garrett Rooney wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Trent Nelson wrote:
> 
> >       So, given a working FreeBSD-specific kernel device driver - can the
> > Linux OpenGL driver/libraries provided be handled via linux.ko?
> 
> i believe the general answer is a definative maybe.  but honestly, do you
> really care enough to try?

	'Maybe' is good enough for me.

> that's less than the
> programmer time to make the NVidia drivers work is worth, and you can
> actually be sure you'll have some kind of success, where the NVidia stuff
> is really up in the air.

	NVIDIA's stand on Open Source can only get better.  Unless they're
*really* stupid.
 
> -garrett

	Trent.


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