From: "Michel Dänzer" <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>
To: Ani Joshi <ajoshi@shell.unixbox.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: GeForce on PPC == _no work_
Date: 29 Oct 2001 18:26:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1004376408.20679.661.camel@pismo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0110290915570.22070-100000@shell.unixbox.com>
On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 18:21, Ani Joshi wrote:
>
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> >
> > > also FreeBSD people, since they also can't use nVidia's binary drivers. I
> > > hope he has some success.
> >
> > don't hold your breath, you might suffocate.
>
> Hmm, its nice to see such pessimism from the community. Perhaps instead,
> you could try helping, but I suppose that's too much to ask from some.
>
> Anyhow, companies *do* change their policies with the proper polite
> lobbying. This includes nVidia.
I don't see the point of begging them for support though if there are
other companies who already support us.
Someone (Bastien Nocera IIRC) asked nVidia at a show if they planned to
release their drivers for PPC in the future, and they said no. Not even
maybe...
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-29 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-28 0:56 GeForce on PPC == _no work_ Derrik Pates
2001-10-28 2:48 ` Ani Joshi
2001-10-28 2:52 ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-28 12:52 ` Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-28 14:03 ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-28 14:54 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-28 16:13 ` Driver Hell: was " Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-28 15:35 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-28 15:54 ` Ethan Benson
2001-10-28 16:40 ` Tom Rini
2001-10-28 18:57 ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-28 20:41 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
[not found] ` <20011031022825.EOTE7882.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@there>
[not found] ` <3BDF6249.71796C9C@mandrakesoft.com>
2001-10-31 15:42 ` Patch to fix support for PNIC_II in tulip driver Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-11-01 17:45 ` Patch - some final fixes for tulip driver support of PNIC_II chip Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-28 12:34 ` GeForce on PPC == _no work_ Ethan Benson
2001-10-29 4:01 ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-29 4:41 ` Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-29 6:08 ` Gregorio Gervasio Jr.
2001-10-29 5:17 ` Ethan Benson
2001-10-29 17:21 ` Ani Joshi
2001-10-29 17:26 ` Michel Dänzer [this message]
2001-10-29 17:44 ` Ani Joshi
2001-10-29 17:51 ` Bastien Nocera
2001-10-29 18:09 ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-30 0:52 ` Ethan Benson
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