Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:06:54 +1000 From: Brett Wildermoth <B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 + Nvidia Display Card Message-ID: <200507142006.54726.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <200507141007.51665.dfr@nlsystems.com> References: <200507131933.12318.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> <200507140743.11021.B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au> <200507141007.51665.dfr@nlsystems.com>
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--nextPart2928488.GR0qnEcnEU Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:07 pm, owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org wrote: > On Wednesday 13 July 2005 22:43, Brett Wildermoth wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:18 am, owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org wrote: > > > On Wednesday 13 July 2005 10:26 am, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > > > Quoting Brett Wildermoth <B.Wildermoth@griffith.edu.au>: > > > > > To all my fellow FreeBSD users, > > > > > > > > > > I assume I am not the only one who is in this predicament. I > > > > > have just bought seven AMD 64s with NVIDIA PCI-X graphics. With > > > > > 5.4 I can get everything bar the network and X to work, with > > > > > 6.0 I can get the network to work also. However no matter what > > > > > I do I can't get X to work. > > > > > > > > > > Why doesn't NVIDIA make a graphics driver for FreeBSD AMD64. > > > > > They make one for > > > > > Linux x86-64 and one for FreeBSD-x86. > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps would could all post a message on nvforum. I see some > > > > > people already have..... > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps NVIDIA think FreeBSD is just a hobby OS...... > > > > > > > > Last I heard, nvidia had no plans to make a FreeBSD amd64 driver. > > > > Just post that > > > > you're pissed about it like the rest of us are... maybe they'll > > > > reconsider. > > > > > > Not true. FreeBSD's kernel doesn't provide some things needed for > > > an amd64 driver to be feasible. > > > > Like what???? what are these features? and if they are really > > important why aren't they on the cards to be included into > > FreeBSD...... > > There are a few missing VM features that any high-performance graphics > card driver would require for decent performance with PCI Express. John > is working on adding those features - have patience. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I guess these feature are provided in FreeBSD x86, as a NVIDIA graphics dri= ver=20 is available for FreeBSD x86. Is FreeBSD x86-64 VM subsystem different to=20 =46reeBSD x86. Is the VM subsystem that low-level????? (Pardon my ignorance, have quite got around to reading the FreeBSD kernel b= ook=20 the publisher comped me yet) =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ Brett Wildermoth BEng(ME) MPhil Lecturer / PhD Student School of Microelectronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Info. Tech. Ph. +61 7 3875 5063, Fax. +61 7 3875 5384 Email. B.Wildermoth@grifith.edu.au =2D------------------------------------------------------------------ --nextPart2928488.GR0qnEcnEU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC1jk+bSsZm/bQWSwRAiC2AJ46rPKW7Tc136hH8pWE54i7OkR69wCgjYf7 NTf8BEO4dZ/PHCcAYtxI6Zk= =G2wW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2928488.GR0qnEcnEU--
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