From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 19 10:02:46 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405AB16A417 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:02:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C5513C4CE for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A5478F.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.71.143]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973D82E347; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:02:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10DED775BE; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:02:32 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=Leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1198058552; bh=ffGoC//P44I1otlXd0Oke+QFRjGt9Yf8z EpEov8dbqA=; h=Message-ID:X-Priority:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject: References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Disposition:Content-Transfer-Encoding:User-Agent; b=oKGlDr 7ivWPqL3y8gSl/R8FMCrwQR/DL5Wh4QEI9jV+cCEgOXXayj86Kr5EnKCyiBrPSELT4K R6dir1za7PzBQFZ1VAPPurNimMpZwe5qQw/HBWP7FqwpJfRcD2C0AmTxkM+BTmyx0dX c+4vzcxp3hiyfgvVa6GovwShznQX26/NAtDqZ0Mx76hEXVoNfTdbsjWIqfC3uB/hEMX cp8mrQgvYCK1YTEd/CRWLvdmWwOKg6uIz3GjwkqkAXGRzOTVtjGCxy4yrZxfapgC6sx AsYDaxUa/Mzmo3DAur0MKT1nET+b6FvhSy1+HwfprrlN6ym9gdHJ0ILIjgmen82UHAJ Q== Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id lBJA2Vk8059226; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:02:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:02:31 +0100 Message-ID: <20071219110231.rp3lts95ao8wwwgo@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:02:31 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Marian Hettwer References: <86ve6wmgq4.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4a37b1e529bab094e2c50b7deca7df87@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <4a37b1e529bab094e2c50b7deca7df87@127.0.0.1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) / FreeBSD-7.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (cached, score=-13.504, required 6, BAYES_00 -15.00, DKIM_SIGNED 0.00, DKIM_VERIFIED -0.00, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE 1.40, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:02:46 -0000 Quoting Marian Hettwer (from Tue, 18 Dec 2007 =20 12:10:56 +0100): > > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:37:07 +0100, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav = wrote: >> "Sam Fourman Jr." writes: >>> I wonder if having a petition signed by a bunch of people would help >>> this along, because I believe that amd64 3D accel on nvidia, is life >>> or death to PC-BSD in a year or so. >> >> What, exactly, do you think a petition would achieve? Can a petition >> write code? Can a petition pay somebody to write code? Petitions may >> work in a democracy, but neither nVidia nor FreeBSD is a democracy. >> > While this is true (by the way, what is FreeBSD? nVidia is a =20 > corporation, therefor not a democracy, but what is FreeBSD?), at =20 > least a petition could show how many users would like to have amd64 =20 > nvidia support for FreeBSD. More or less they know already. Just have a look at the nVidia forum =20 and count the messages there. Bye, Alexander. --=20 The PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY is CRYING for an END to BURT REYNOLDS movies!! http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137