Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:57:53 -0700 (PDT) From: jgrosch@es.net To: "Robert Huff" <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: jgrosch@es.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphics card recommendation Message-ID: <45432.RF1FTAsCFkY=.1255543073.squirrel@webmail-west.es.net> In-Reply-To: <19158.4056.376760.654492@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20091014153100.GH22136@ece.pdx.edu> <20091014115949.33b1adb4@scorpio.seibercom.net> <12173.RF1FTAsCFkY=.1255538317.squirrel@webmail-west.es.net> <19158.4056.376760.654492@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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> > jgrosch@es.net writes: > >> I could be wrong but nVidia does not seem to be very interested >> in working with the FreeBSD project to address these problems. > > nVidia has offered what many/most hardware vendors* do not: to > write and maintain a driver for their product. > However, in order for that driver to be fully functional they > want certain improvements in FreeBSD - particularly the virtual > memory system. Not an unreasonable request. > Some work has been done; there was a post somewhere within the > last few months about John Baldwin making improvements. > Check the archives of this list for pointers to the list of > changes and the status of the work. > > > Robert Huff > > * - a notable exception being Intel, for their network cards. Thank you. I am happy to be wrong about this. Josef
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