New nvidia driver obstacle

Jonas Sundström jonas at kirilla.com
Wed Apr 13 05:38:23 PDT 2005


Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 12:50:58PM +0200, Jonas Sundström wrote:
> > BTW, what functionality of the nvidia binaries don't have
> > counterparts in available open-source drivers?
> 
> Anything 3D related on anything never than a TNT or so?

There may be others, but at least one that I know of is actively 
working on an open-source nvidia driver with hardware-accelerated 3D. 
I've used his drivers since 2003. The 3D work has begun recently, and 
it's still very early. He's not targetting Linux/BSD/X, but the source 
is MIT-licensed, like the rest of Haiku.

His 3D blog:
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/be-hold/BeOS/NVdriver/3dnews.html

As a longtime BeOS user/developer and future Haiku ditto
it's very exciting to read of his progress in the realm of 3D. :)

/Jonas Sundström.                  www.kirilla.com






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