Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:15:24 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: "Floyd, Paul" <paulf2718@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <9b14c3fc-67dc-b07c-6e2c-d3d9ada38abd@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <fbf535ec-47c6-d5a6-e522-bba1bad8af99@gmail.com> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <CAOtMX2gh98wbQ48S51QwpYfrnexpVb4vL%2BFVuxgLnT1otYjuAQ@mail.gmail.com> <bc3ba6502d5c5776f44304ff7878a5eb@bsdforge.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2111240056470.68830@ai.fobar.qr> <d45757d9-b5ca-e1c7-5a1c-18159227de17@gmail.com> <CACc-My1jjd=7rSpEA8rg6y_Qq=ebL-WsTZdhv40Zs=F=XfZqyg@mail.gmail.com> <CACc-My0Fu8yORoi8DW9dCL8EgmmRodH9YdMwNeFDybmDWpCRXQ@mail.gmail.com> <371b758c-1efa-b5df-6437-ce4f06369383@gmail.com> <23c3e735-22b5-7528-e311-d75657c33a69@gmail.com> <fbf535ec-47c6-d5a6-e522-bba1bad8af99@gmail.com>
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On 30/11/2021 16:03, Floyd, Paul wrote: > > On 2021-11-30 14:50, Jason Bacon wrote: >> >> If your nVidia cards are basically landfill, like some of mine, and you don't >> care about 3D support, xf86-video-nv still works in some case that would >> otherwise call for v304. I wonder if it would be a simple matter to add >> support to it for some additional older hardware supported by v340. Yes, I >> know nv is deprecated, but this may be the only solution for ancient hardware. >> > > No, not quite that bad. I do have one old workstation running Solaris 11.3. If > ever that gets upgraded, it'll also be most of the hardware in the box. > > My FreeBSD machine has a GT-730 based card. When it boots linux, it uses the 390 > driver. For some reason on FreeBSD 340 works but not 390 (at least that was the > case when I installed, ~18 months ago, I should perhaps try again). Just as a data point, nvidia-driver-470.86 seems to work well for my GT 730: nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 470.86 Tue Oct 26 21:43:42 UTC 2021 nvidia0: <NVIDIA GeForce GT 730> on vgapci0 -- Andriy Gapon
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