MVallevand wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
>> If it is just another Sigma designs box, and Sigma doesn't change their
>> stance towards open source, the Hauppauge box may not accomplish all that
>> much.
> 
> I believe that this position is wrong. 

OK, good. I haven't been following what's going on to support the Sigma 
Designs platform.


> A heck of a lot can be done with the PCH...it's just that it hasn't
> happened you can't blame Sigma for that...

So then it's more a matter of just not having attracted the attention of 
enough open source developers yet?

You're saying Sigma Designs has published all the necessary chipset 
specifications and/or provided open source drivers?


> As for source Hauppauge did not/cannot provide the core IBM drivers
> for the MVP and so they are still distributed as binaries, but look
> what has been achieved.

Yup, true. Was there even a published API for the IBM drivers, or did 
that have to be reverse engineered?

  -Tom

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