Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 21:06:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: mreimer@vpop.net Cc: 3d@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nvidia binary drivers Message-ID: <200104031906.f33J6mE00856@Magelan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <3ACA0C71.CD7A25FD@vpop.net>
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On 3 Apr, Matthew Reimer wrote:
> The nvidia driver that's part of XF86 4.0.x (nv_drv.o) works fine for
> 2D, but it doesn't do 3D/DRI/Xv. The only way to get hardware
> acceleration is to use utah-glx with XF 3.3.6, or to use nvidia_drv.o
> (not nv_drv.o) + nvidia's kernel module.
Does nvidia_drv.o really _requieres_ the kernel module to put
_something_ on the screen (do you have tried it yourself)?
I didn't have the PI description about the architecture here, but if I
remember correctly there are two ways to put 3D on the screen. A way
which uses DMA and a way without DMA.
Bye,
Alexander.
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