NVidia provides sources to the linux _kernel interfaces_ needed to hook the driver up to the operating system. The code to drive the NVidia cards' hardware however is distributed in a precompiled binary. It's therefore conceivable that somebody might go through the pain and effort of hooking the precompiled binary up to the *BSD operating systems.
Since to my knowledge there exist no such kernel interface hookups for any of the *BSD right now I suggest you try another board supported on your platform. If you go out and buy a NVidia card right now it'll just sit there and gather dust until somebody finally gets it to run on your platform. When the time finally comes around and you can actually use the card on your platform there will be far more advanced boards available from other manufacturers which are documented and have opensource drivers. You, however will be stuck with an undocumented, overpriced, outmoded and underpowered board.
__ (c) 2001 Libel & Slander & Associates Inc.
As a matter of fact I pay a flat fee of $30 for 24/7 DSL internet access via Deutsche Telekom which is the largest provider of internet access in the country. And.. one of the first internet providers to install a content filter, believe me it's going to be Deutsche Telekom.
I live in a country where there is no REAL freedom of speech. Oh, yes, the German constitution does have some provisions for what they call "free speech" but watch what happens when I deny what they call the holocaust or ridicule or belittle jews or other unpopular minorities.. Oh and yes: Blasphemy. That's a criminal offense according to the German Penal Code. Ridule God, a religious community or Weltanschauung.. and you could get fined and/or sent to jail for something like that. You Americans on/. take all the freedom you have _left_ for granted. They've been taking away your "radical freedoms" for quiet some time now but even so you still enjoy a lot less government meddling in your daily affairs than people in Germany. Things have and are happening over here in Post Reich Germany which I guess few off you would even believe.. They are planning to artificially raise the price for meat and meat products which are far more expensive than you could even imagine in the first place by introducing a special tax.. They have mandatory state run and controlled TV networks which you have to PAY for whether you watch them or not... I could rant on and on but let me tell you I think they're certainly planning to do just that: curtail the internet that the common citizenry doesn't even get exposed to the very notion that life is a lot different and at times a hell of a lot better outside the country.
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NVidia provides sources to the linux _kernel interfaces_ needed to hook the driver up to the operating system. The code to drive the NVidia cards' hardware however is distributed in a precompiled binary. It's therefore conceivable that somebody might go through the pain and effort of hooking the precompiled binary up to the *BSD operating systems. Since to my knowledge there exist no such kernel interface hookups for any of the *BSD right now I suggest you try another board supported on your platform. If you go out and buy a NVidia card right now it'll just sit there and gather dust until somebody finally gets it to run on your platform. When the time finally comes around and you can actually use the card on your platform there will be far more advanced boards available from other manufacturers which are documented and have opensource drivers. You, however will be stuck with an undocumented, overpriced, outmoded and underpowered board. __ (c) 2001 Libel & Slander & Associates Inc.
As a matter of fact I pay a flat fee of $30 for 24/7 DSL internet access via Deutsche Telekom which is the largest provider of internet access in the country. And.. one of the first internet providers to install a content filter, believe me it's going to be Deutsche Telekom.
I live in a country where there is no REAL freedom of speech. Oh, yes, the German constitution does have some provisions for what they call "free speech" but watch what happens when I deny what they call the holocaust or ridicule or belittle jews or other unpopular minorities.. Oh and yes: Blasphemy. That's a criminal offense according to the German Penal Code. Ridule God, a religious community or Weltanschauung.. and you could get fined and/or sent to jail for something like that. You Americans on /. take all the freedom you have _left_ for granted. They've been taking away your "radical freedoms" for quiet some time now but even so you still enjoy a lot less government meddling in your daily affairs than people in Germany. Things have and are happening over here in Post Reich Germany which I guess few off you would even believe.. They are planning to artificially raise the price for meat and meat products which are far more expensive than you could even imagine in the first place by introducing a special tax.. They have mandatory state run and controlled TV networks which you have to PAY for whether you watch them or not... I could rant on and on but let me tell you I think they're certainly planning to do just that: curtail the internet that the common citizenry doesn't even get exposed to the very notion that life is a lot different and at times a hell of a lot better outside the country.