On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 01:05 -0500, Jimmy Rentz wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:19:11 +1000 > Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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? > > > > Ben. > glxgears+openarena work fine with both cards and with no X > corruption. I saw no visible differences. Great, thanks! That counts as a success for those cards then :)
Ben. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nouveau mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau > _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
