On Thursday 10 August 2006 10:17, Lourens Veen wrote: > On Thursday 10 August 2006 08:33, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Looks like the brown stuff might be hitting the rotating > > ventilation > > device: > > > Lastly, and remember you heard it here, AMD is strongly > > > considering open-sourcing at least a functional subset of ATI’s > > > graphics drivers. It’s time for X Window System, OpenGL, and > > > client virtualization for which ATI binary drivers aren’t > > > available to escape the ghetto of the 1980s-era framebuffer. And > > > what a boon for PR. If AMD’s graphics cards were the only ones > > > with open device drivers, it might affect a buying decision or > > > two. > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/02/32OPcurve_1.html > > There are still a lot of potential hurdles for them to take, with > external IP and DMCA and things. I'll believe it when I see it.
"ATI: We like our proprietary Linux drivers" http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-6104655.html?part=rss&tag=6104655&subj=news Looks like we're not going anywhere anytime soon. AMD may be making some noises, but the buy hasn't even been approved yet, and it's very unlikely that they'll be able to open-source the current drivers on a whim. They may try to put some integrated graphics in their processors, in a few years, which may be documented then. Or maybe not; there will have to be a bus between them anyway and a separate proprietary driver is quite possible. For now I don't think we have much to worry about. Lourens
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