Ok, My apologies too. Still, I think we hit on an important subject. Making sure all Beagle hardware is well supported in Linux.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Chris Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jason Kridner < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Chris Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Jun 26, 2014 12:10 AM, "William Hermans" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Ah, ok got it. >> >> >> >> Well . . . since it's been well over a year I think the video drivers >> need >> >> priority. This is something that I personally have no interest in, >> *HOWEVER* >> >> many do have interest, and I think it is high time TI made an effort >> to work >> >> with the community on this. >> >> >> >> From the outside looking in, it very much looks like TI is dragging >> their >> >> feet in this respect, and in a way reflects that TI has no pride in >> their >> >> products. Surely, there is much more to this than I realize, but that >> really >> >> is no excuse. >> >> >> >> So my point here I suppose is that if one business can not provide a >> >> working part, then perhaps it is time to look elsewhere for the >> specific >> >> part. Being an American myself I prefer to spend American, but a >> working >> >> part that has no software support is pretty much useless. That also >> doesn't >> >> mean half fast. . . >> >> It means working period, not only on x.y.z kernel running a single OS ( >> >> Android ? really ?! ) >> > >> > As a commercial user of the bbb I, and others I've talked to, feel the >> same >> > way about the video driver support on the BBB. There is a market >> opportunity >> > for someone if they could build a board of similar cost/performance but >> with >> > mainline kernel graphics support. I'd certainly prefer if TI could >> correct >> > the deficiency with the am335x though. >> >> Can you save that for a different thread? What bylaws are desired to >> help make BeagleBoard.org Foundation beneficial to the BeagleBoard.org >> community? Please try to stick to that topic on this thread. >> >> -- >> >> > I understand, apologies for the distraction. It looks like you have the > spirit of our comments in the first entry under "purpose" of the proposed > bylaws. > > Chris > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
