1.0-7676 for FreeBSD i386 released

[zander]

This FreeBSD/i386 driver release heads-up appears to have been missing.

Release Highlights:
* Improved GeForce 7800 GTX performance.


The 1.0-7676 NVIDIA Accelerated FreeBSD Graphics Driver Set for FreeBSD/i386 is available for download via HTTP (http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-7676.html) and FTP (ftp://download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1.0-7676/).


Please note: the `nvidia-settings` utility can be built from source (available from ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/) if the binary included in the 1.0-7676 .tar.gz package doesn't work (e.g. due to a ports/ library version conflict).

Please see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=737848&postcount=5 if you're using FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE or a more recent FreeBSD 6.x release.

[emit03]

No love for FreeBSD? Anyways the 7676 drivers are much better than the 7667. I noticed a obvious increase in performance from average 20fps to 30-50fps in Enemy Territory with my FX5500, during intensive scenes on server with 40 players. Nice work Nvidia :thumbsup:

[joeld]

Yeah, the 7676 driver is awesome. Thanks Nvidia. :)

[vnpenguin]

Just try to install on FreeBSD 6.0-BETA5, but I can not:

In file included from nvidia_ctl.c:14:
./nv-freebsd.h:25:2: #error This driver does not support FreeBSD 6.x/-CURRENT!
./nv-freebsd.h:49:31: machine/bus_memio.h: No such file or directory
*** Error code 1

Stop in /tmp/NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-7676/src.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /tmp/NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-7676.


Any idea ?

[zander]

@vnpenguin: FreeBSD 6.0-BETA pre-releases are not supported by the 1.0-7676 NVIDIA FreeBSD graphics driver; it is reported to work OK after removing the two lines mentioned in the error message you posted, though.

[Warnaud]

Is there a plan / roadmap for a FreeBSD amd64 nvidia driver ?
Thanx !

I think we really need this driver !
I don't figure out what is "complicated" in making a driver for amd64 since loadable kernel module function is working and you already made one for i386 :confused:

Anyway just think that you'll be god for a lot of users :D and also that x86_64 platform are not obsolet but future one so you won't have to do it later, and take all freeBSD market in one driver !! ( ATI, what a laugh, windows driver don't even work :eek: )
So please help us ! FreeBSD in 64bit is really impressive !
Much secure and faster than any 64bit linux distro I've tried and ther is lot of multimedia softwares in it that needed 3D acceleration !

last edit : take a look here http://www.pcinpact.com/sondages/detail/55.htm
and see the proportion of people having an AMD 64bit processor ( and that's just for France ! and not all guys voted ! )

[kot]

Months keep going by without any news... :mad:

[mikechai]

I like FreeBSD a lot and I'm really grateful that NVIDIA provides great drivers for FreeBSD. :thumbs:

[Harvey Pooka]

Months keep going by without any news... :mad:
Nvidia is working with FreeBSD about it according to this post (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=685061&postcount=81).

[joeld]

Nvidia is working with FreeBSD about it according to this post (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=685061&postcount=81).
Ah, nice!

[pcbsdusr]

Any news on a legacy nvidia driver for FreeBSD 6.0?


Below are the "legacy" GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified
driver version 7667 and 7676.

NVIDIA CHIP NAME DEVICE PCI ID

RIVA TNT 0x0020
RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 0x0028
RIVA TNT2 Ultra 0x0029
Vanta/Vanta LT 0x002C
RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 0x002D
Aladdin TNT2 0x00A0
GeForce 256 0x0100
GeForce DDR 0x0101
Quadro 0x0103
GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 0x0150
GeForce2 Ti 0x0151
GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152
Quadro2 Pro 0x0153"



I own a GeForce2 Ti which has been working perfectly with 7174 driver (7667 and 7676 no longer support the card) but i want to upgrade to 6.0 and i will be forced to buy a new card (my card is working perfectly...) if a legacy driver is not released nor the 7174 driver works with FreeBSD 6.0

[zander]

Does 1.0-7174 work for you on FreeBSD 5.x? If so, chances are it'll also work with FreeBSD 6.0, with some minor tweaking in nv-freebsd.h.

[amistry]

Any word on when ACPI suspend/resume support will be officially supported with the driver? It is the only thing keeping my system from suspending and resuming correctly. ie. if I don't load the nvidia driver suspend/resume works fine.

[zander]

There's some experimental ACPI support in the driver, but it's disabled by default. You can enable it by editing src/nv-freebsd.h.

[amistry]

I know there is experimental support in the driver and I've tried that on several machines and they all refuse to suspend with that support compiled into the driver.

[srinivas]

Now with TLS (thread-local storage) and GART support well supported for FreeBSD-amd64/6.0-STABLE, with Linux x86-64 and FreeBSD x86 supported, it seems that there is no reason that there should not be a FreeBSD x86-64 driver, as the community is growing, and those in this forum only represent a small minority of the total FreeBSD AMD64 users with NVIDIA (we all know open-sourcers love NVIDIA_; exp. that now the 7800 is the BEST GRAPHICS CARD, AMD64 - the BEST PROCESSOR; FreeBSD - the BEST OS).

Because of this, I am forced to use the x86 version of FreeBSD (I need 3d graphics b/c I use them a lot and hope my 64 bit addressing will save me sometime). It is not that the FreeBSD Kernel (or any other kernel) support 32 bit drivers, so it seems that we need a 64 bit driver for the best processing and best graphics possible (with X.Org).

Anyways, I believe the x86 driver for NVIDIA is a great start, and the 7676 is awesome; after trying it, my 7800 seems to be playing games awesome; in low-res and high res, extremely high FPS.