On 9/27/07, Kjell Tore Ullavik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Remko Lodder wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:07:42PM +0200, Giulio Ferro wrote: > > > >> Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > >> > >>>>> There is no driver. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> I sort of surmised that already... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> So, we are still years away from seeing a working nvidia driver, > >>>> by the look of it... > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I guess what I am confused about, is there someone actively working on > >>> the Nvidia requests, or does a capable individual need to take the > >>> lead on this project? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> And that's exactly what I'd very much like to know... > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > > > > >From what I know and what I can see; there is nobody actively working in > > this region to get the things fixed to get this far. Ofcourse like rsync.net > > you are free to sponsor these items if they are really important to you, > > without that, do notice that people do this in their own free time, which > > could either take some time before it's there, or might not be interesting > > enough to work on currently (because of other things at work, private life > > other code etc). > > > > It's not a matter of a capable individual taking the lead, it's a matter > > of having someone capable enough working on this for some time, which can > > be achieved by sponsoring that capable person for example. > > > > Cheers > > remko > > > Maybe the FreeBSD project could provide an official site for bounties? > Some things might have more interest among users than developers, > and an easy way to create and donate to bounties for everyone to see may > make it less of a barrier for people to put their money where their > mouth is. > > Ubuntu seem to have something going, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bounties > > > if there was a bounty system for FreeBSD I would pledge $100 USD for work that would help amd64 nvidia... heck I would even settle for someone that wants to take lead and setup a paypal collection.
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