Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7

From: Kip Macy <kip.macy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:33:08 -0800
> Not to go on endlessly but also note this: "The FreeBSD kernel
> provides some support for this via cloning devices; the NVIDIA FreeBSD
> graphics driver used this interface for a while, but bugs/limitations
> and differences between kernel versions made it necessary to revert to
> regular device nodes.".  So the i386 port works without this feature
> but an amd64 port won't even get started without it?
>

It boils down to the fact that NVIDIA only has serious customer demand
for Linux. They're willing to support FreeBSD as a favor to us so long
as it is easy.

 -Kip
Received on Mon Dec 17 2007 - 22:33:10 UTC

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