Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:38:59 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> Cc: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, Remko Lodder <remko@freebsd.org>, chat@freebsd.org, yuri@tsoft.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any hope to have things requested by NVidia in FreeBSD-7? Message-ID: <473E2A13.9070301@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170711161503r75896c0awd09dcdd89a2a3c1@mail.gmail.com> References: <1195250927.473e14ef935c6@webmail.rawbw.com> <473E16A2.1070308@FreeBSD.org> <b1fa29170711161503r75896c0awd09dcdd89a2a3c1@mail.gmail.com>
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Kip Macy wrote: > On Nov 16, 2007 2:16 PM, Remko Lodder <remko@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> Yuri wrote: >> >>> I read long time ago that the reason that NVidia can't have their driver on >>> 64-bit platform is that FreeBSD kernel lacks some functionality. >>> >>> Is this functionality present in 7.0? Or when to expect this to be done? >>> >>> I have NVidia card but still run 32-bit system because of lack of driver. >>> >>> Yuri >>> >> Hello, >> >> This discussion gets over and over again actually, no the required >> support is not yet there. There is a wiki page which denotes what >> is required to get this going. >> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests >> >> If you desperately need this, then consider funding someone >> (this has popped up before, it's interesting to arrange something >> like this because you need a trustable intermediating party that >> can arrange this, the FreeBSD Foundation is currently not able >> to do so as far as I can recall); who will do the work for you >> or do it yourself. >> >> There is currently no other way to get the support you want. >> >> Thanks, >> remko >> >> > > Remko - relax :) > > The wiki isn't really an obvious place for people to look. If we don't > already we should have a page on "popular hardware with support > issues". > > -Kip > Can't there be something added such as an easy to search for FAQ so this topic doesn't come up 2-7 times per month? I know people should use a search engine and search for the information first, but people seem extremely lazy and always ask current@, hackers@, and questions@, amongst other lists I'm sure.. Thanks, -Garrett PS Please CC me if replying on chat@, as I'm not subscribed to that list. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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