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panic on Aug 31, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intro to Low-Level Graphics on Linux

Probably because that's how the vendors distribute their proprietary drivers.

shmerl on Aug 31, 2017 [–]

Actually Nvidia blob didn't start using DRM/KMS until very recently. I think it's more because of Mesa. It makes sense for FreeBSD to leverage the major open project which does heavy lifting for graphics.

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