[Mesa3d-users] NVIDIA drivers for Xfree 4.0 (source?)

[Nigel S. <ni...@ni...>]

Hello,

I've had quite a bit of fun compiling up Xfree from
scratch, getting it running, and installing the
Nvidia module for my TNT2 hardware.  The only glitch
for me was needing to disable AGP from my x windows
config file.  (This bug mentioned in NVIDIA faq)

What I would like to do though, is hack around in the
driver source, to perhaps customise the use of hardware
memory.  Since the source is not included in the 
current distribution, I need to decide if I should
try the version for a previous version of X, or
whether I should hold my breath for Nvidia to release
source code.

Does anyone have any idea of Nvidia's plans over the
next month or two?  Do you think they would release
it under NDA or something?  Are there other options
I should be aware of?

My interest in OpenGL is to customise the framebuffer
for advanced rendering algorithms.

Cheers,

Nigel Stewart

http://www.nigels.com/research/


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