Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:14:47 -0700 From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> Subject: Re: Decent 3D acceleration in 64bit mode? Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0806191814u639ec539xfb2adef0c0d26037@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080619181919.6efb3d13@bhuda.mired.org> References: <6300771b0806180513l469d6915y378400d728c12475@mail.gmail.com> <5f67a8c40806191100w7fca5e73icbac58e2beeeae44@mail.gmail.com> <20080619145714.113c3065@mbook.local> <485AD16C.4000807@telenix.org> <485AD280.4060609@telenix.org> <20080619181919.6efb3d13@bhuda.mired.org>
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:41:20 -0400 > Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Chuck Robey wrote: >> > Mike Meyer wrote: >> >> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:42 -0400 "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <zbeeble@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Hocking <stephen.hocking@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> Given that Nvidia aren't offering a driver for their cards for 64bit >> >>>> FreeBSD, is anyone else having success using another (preferably >> >>>> PCI-E) card with 3D acceleration? >> >>> I'd love to be told I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the issues >> >>> blocking the nvidia driver would also effectively block a driver for which >> >>> we had the source. >> >> Is there an open source driver with good 3D acceleration? >> > >> >> <mike >> > >> > Could I ask, does anyone here know the reason (even in general) that the Nvidia >> > driver isn't working on the i386? >> >> CRAP I meant AMD64. I'm beyond hope. > > > This seems to be the most detailed explanation, though I have no idea > about accuracy. > > http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=115157983106569&w=2 > > <mike This is a more succinct wiki page: http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests -Garrett
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