On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 21:54 -0500, Jimmy Rentz wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:14:10 +1000 > Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, I've spent the last few days messing around with replacing our use > > of NVIDIA's context programs on GeForce 6/7 hardware and have > > something that works on the 4 (2xNV44, NV46, NV4B) cards I have. > > > > The context programs are *much* less complex than NVIDIA's and don't > > handle nearly everything NVIDIA's do, however they do work for our > > needs, and it's as good a starting point as any. > > > > I've attached the currently generated "firmware" in the same binary > > format we packages NVIDIA's in. If people with the relevant hardware > > could install them, and report success/failure and the chipset they > > tested on (the whole "Detected an NVxx generation card" line from > > nouveau's dmesg output would be perfect), that'd be great! > > > > I'm now working on moving the code that generated the firmware in the > > below tarball to the DRM, and after some testing before I do! > > > > Ben. > > I tested this on an nv4e and nv49 and kms+X works fine. Thank you! Are you able to also install the gallium driver, and see if some 3D apps still work fine (where by fine I mean, as well as they do with NVIDIA's firmware) and don't cause corruption of your X session?
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