On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
nVidia gets a lot of flack on their forums from zealous Linux users. (-:
I'm
glad to see the common customers being minor annoyances...
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61077&postcount=222
I don't buy the explanation. So what that NVidia drivers are covered by
NDA with other companies ?
What we really want are the register specs and description of how to
program the pipeline.
If NVidia *really* wanted to open source their drivers all they had to do
is release the register descriptions and watch the drivers appear. If
anything, releasing their driver code would spoil the fun of low-level
tinkering with powerflux hardware.
I do not believe the register specification is covered by NDA, as I cannot
imagine that that interface was outsourced. I can see NVidia buying a few
cores (say iDCT), but since they are the ones who integrate all that
stuff they would have to write their own register interface.
Plain and simple, someone there is thinking that locking stuff up is
"protecting value" - whether or not the particular information is of use
to any competitors. Which is well described by the proverb about a dog and
a heap of hay.
best
Vladimir Dergachev
On Monday 13 June 2005 17:59, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Benjamin Vander Jagt wrote:
I think you're right (and it's a pleasure to meet you, by the way),
but
the SiS licenses are, as far as I've read them, now "protected" under
two
entities instead of just one, so it may be another nVidia case; a
company
that *wants* to open up but can't.
nVidia case ? Would you have a link I can read about that ? I thought
nVidia was closed source for other reasons..
best
Vladimir Dergachev
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