[Nouveau] [Bug 19644] FreeBSD port of kernel-side code

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19644





--- Comment #2 from Henrik Friedrichsen <h1web at dodgit.com>  2009-01-18 14:20:52 PST ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> There are a few buts here. None of the active Nouveau developers are working on
> any BSD. There are few people, who are porting DRM in general and some drivers
> to various BSDs, but it is not a small task. The Nouveau linux-specific part of
> the code might be small, but the general linux-specific DRM infrastructure is
> not. And things will get worse with e.g. kernel mode setting. The whole
> graphics stack revolution is primarily on Linux, and the very few BSD devels
> are trying their best to keep up.
> 
> If you want it to happen sooner than later (if ever), lend a hand, and come to
> #nouveau and #dri-devel irc channels. The BSD devels there could tell you what
> is needed.
> 

Ok, please excuse my lacking knowledge.
How is 'radeonhd' able to run on so many platforms and why doesn't nouveau?
They apparently don't rely on kernel/os specific code, but how can they achieve
the same goal then?


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