"Mike A. Harris" wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Knut J Bjuland wrote: > > >Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:52:53 +0100 > >From: Knut J Bjuland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > >Subject: Re: Manufacturers who fully disclosed specifications for agp > > cards? > > > >It is possible to gain the specs for a chip by discetion for i.e R300 > >chip or NV 30 chips with the right tools like a electon microscope? > > Not unless you're using the electron microscope somehow to break > into ATI or Nvidia headquarters, perhaps swinging it from a crane > to break a window or something.
Well, a more realistic way would be to disassemble their Windows drivers. Or if they have a binary-only Linux driver, that one would be simpler than the Windows one. Of course that may be violating DMCA and they may send a mob of lawyers after you. On the other hand, the copyright laws in Europe are different, so maybe it's OK to do there. I know for sure that the Russian copyright law expressly allows disassembling the codes for the purpose of learning the programmatic interfaces. I've heard different opinions about what DMCA thinks about it in US. -SB _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
