El Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:23:57 +0100 "Jorn Argelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�:
[...] > Also, I don't think many people will exactly understand how it works > anyway. At least, one may assume that GPUs are really complicated. >From what I've heard to the x.org guys, programming such drivers is a very complex task. Several DRI developers have access to the ATI r2xx specs and the driver is 100% opensource, but the driver is still quite inferior compared with the available binary drivers. Lack of experience of the opensource community when it comes to "graphics" is IMHO a problem too (we know how to build servers and how to build drivers for network cards, but "desktops" are somewhat different and not many people knows/cares about 3D acceleration). IMHO supported opensource drivers are much better than open specs. That's what Intel seems to be doing or they are planning to do or there's a hope that they'll do, I've heard. Intel seems to be more opensource-friendly lately, at least they're releasing specs for some of their hardware, like this littel jewel: http://www.intel.com/technology/serialata/pdf/rev1_0.pdf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
