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30.06.2009 posted by pq
Nouveau has moved the DRM kernel code into a kernel tree, the DRM.git linux-core is abandoned.

Nouveau : Open Source 3D acceleration for nVidia cards

About Nouveau

This is the homepage of nouveau, a project which aims at producing Open Source 3D drivers for nVidia cards. "nouveau" [nuvo] is the french word for "new".

If you have questions or problems, please have a look at our FAQ before contacting us.

If you want to help development, there are two main resources: the IRC channel and Mailing lists.

Most development talk occurs in the freenode irc channel #nouveau, so we keep logs of it, both in the form of raw logs and as edited summaries, the so called 'TiNDC's, or The irregular Nouveau Development Companions. You can find them both in the IrcChatLogs page.

We use several mailing lists: the nouveau list is where bug reports and a little of development talk takes place, and the cvs commits list registers changes to the doc, rules-ng and renouveau modules. Also dri-devel and mesa3d-dev are important lists, see the descriptions at the DRI mailing lists page, and please notice the difference between end-user support lists and developer lists.

We are also interested in what is said about the project, so links are collected in the page InThePress.

Current Status

Some gpu's integrated onto the motherboard do not function with nouveau for unknown reason, they include the geforce 8200/8300 and probably some 9400 as well. All other 8000/9000 series should be able to function, assuming someone bothers to extract some microcode from a mmio-trace in case this is not done already. The problematic gpu's identify as NVIDIA NVAx in the xorg log, with x a hexidecimal number,

2D-support is in fairly good shape with EXA acceleration, Xv and Randr12 (think of dual-head, rotations, etc.). Randr12 should work for all cards up to, and including, Geforce 9000 series, although some issues with Geforce 8/9 laptops may still exist, for such issues bug reports should be submitted. Randr12 is now the default. Any 3D functionality that might exist is still unsupported, do not ask for instructions to try it. Also, VT switching while X is running is considered lucky. We keep a status matrix and a TODO list.

Users can aid in development by providing REnouveau dumps and MMIO traces. REnouveauDumps are currently only useful for recent cards (9000 & GTX series). MMIO traces are more useful nowadays and we need them for all cards. Visit MmioTrace for instructions. If you have nVidia hardware you don't need, donating it could be helpful! Propose your card on the IRC channel and see if a developer wants it.

For developers and advanced user we have instructions on Howto compile and use nouveau.

Randr12 is a part of the main development. Some notes about NV50 can be found there, if you know anything, please add it there.

Specific testing requests can be found in the TestersWanted page. Check it out!

News

News feed: "News feed"

30.06.2009 posted by pq
Nouveau has moved the DRM kernel code into a kernel tree, the DRM.git linux-core is abandoned.

20.03.2009 posted by KoalaBR
With some status update for FreeBSD, FOSDEM and much much more: TiNDC #43

21.01.2009 posted by KoalaBR
Continuing the coverage from November up until last week, here is TiNDC #42

14.11.2008 posted by KoalaBR
After a long hiatus KoalaBR is back with TiNDC #41. The TiNDC covers everything from June, 1st up until October, 30th.

30.10.2008 posted by pq
TiNDC #40 is here

Bugs

We use the freedesktop.org Bugzilla. Nouveau (2D driver) is under Product xorg, Component Driver/nouveau. The 3D driver is under Product Mesa, Component Drivers/DRI/nouveau, but please do not submit bugs on 3D support yet.

We do have a mailing list where you can send in bug reports, ask questions, discuss patches or what ever is related to nouveau and its tools. You can find it here: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau

Feel free to search and submit bugs about 2D implementation, please search the bugzilla before submitting new bugs. If you are not sure your bug is a manifestation of an existing bug report, do open a new bug.

Please, do not compress files you attach to bugs, especially plaintext files such as logs, unless the file is so huge bugzilla refuses to take it. Gzipping files makes taking a quick look impossible. Also, make sure the mime-type of text files really is set to text/plain, and not e.g. application/octet-stream. This would make life a little easier for people reading bug reports.

Links to current source code repositories

The current code is in upstream git trees by freedesktop.org.

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