Re: [gNewSense-users] free video cards

[Dmitry Samoyloff]

Dmitry Samoyloff wrote:
> Sam Geeraerts :
> > Sam Geeraerts schreef:
> > > Jason Self schreef:
> > >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden>
> > >> 
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> Nouveau people were working on getting rid of the last piece of blob.
> > >>> I don't know what the status is of that. It requires a newer version
> > >>> of X.org than what is in deltah anyway.
> > >> 
> > >> I just read this. Does anyone know if it's blob free?
> > >> 
> > >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzk4MQ
> > > 
> > > I asked in the #nouveau IRC channel. Apparently getting rid of the last
> > > piece of blob is still a work in progress.
> > 
> > I just heard in #gnu that Nouveau is now blob-free.
> 
> Great news! Is it true for all supported NVidia chips? Is there some proof
> link?

Here's what I've found:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Nouveau#Firmware
"If you have a NV04-NV40 class card, firmware will not be necessary."

This information may be outdated though. I'd like to buy a video card with 
fully free 3D support, but I'm yet to find out which ones are /really/ 
supported without NVidia blobs.

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