Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:33:08 -0800 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: "Martin Cracauer" <cracauer@cons.org> Cc: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7 Message-ID: <b1fa29170712171533qddc2996v6e69c39ba073a43@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071217232558.GC97600@cons.org> References: <11167f520712082309s20895ae0se1780b029745c055@mail.gmail.com> <20071217232558.GC97600@cons.org>
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> Not to go on endlessly but also note this: "The FreeBSD kernel > provides some support for this via cloning devices; the NVIDIA FreeBSD > graphics driver used this interface for a while, but bugs/limitations > and differences between kernel versions made it necessary to revert to > regular device nodes.". So the i386 port works without this feature > but an amd64 port won't even get started without it? > It boils down to the fact that NVIDIA only has serious customer demand for Linux. They're willing to support FreeBSD as a favor to us so long as it is easy. -Kip
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