Re: NVIDIA GPU on netbsd sparc64

[Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 3:04 PM Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 02:46:38PM +0200, Connor McLaughlan wrote:
> > from my experience on x86-Linux it is possible to run newer PCIe GPUs
> > in PCI-Slots with a PCIe-x1 to PCI adapter.
>
> Any pointers to such adapters?
>
> My experience with newer PCI stuff in sparc64 machines is not really
> good (even firmware not seeing the device at all is a typical
> effect).
>
> > So my question is:
> > Would it be possible to run an nvidia gpu via PCI on netbsd sparc64?
> > Has anyone ever tried this?
>
> Certainly it would not work out of the box, but if it works hardware
> wise, we can improve the software. There is no DRM support currently
> for sparc64 (relatively easy to fix, but due to lack of supported
> hardware there was no demand so far).
>
> Martin

On an old Athlon64  system that only has AGP and no PCIe, i am
successfully using an NVIDIA 710 PCIe-x1 on PCI on Linux albeit with
original NVIDIA drivers.

I used this adapter:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0037ECAM2

and this GPU:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01E9Z2D60



Regards,
Connor