> For the record, in the last year or so Intel did > start providing > *code* and a binary blob for accelerated drives and > that work is being > adopted for Solaris/OpenSolaris if I'm not mistaken. > > Plus Intel has reassigned individuals such as Dave > Stewart to work on > bringing Intel-specific platform optimisations and > functionality to > Solaris/OpenSolaris. > > -- > Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
Thank you Shawn. One of the things my laptop lacks on the Intel chip set is any way to adjust the brightness level of the laptop's screen. That would be quite useful I must say! Perhaps Dave Stewart, or anyone else working on Intel related issues could give us the ability to adjust the brightness level. There is probably 50 ~ 100 controls on the Nvida chipset I can set in Solaris Express, but just the brightness level would be a useful improvement for the Intel chipset. I do wonder the logic of withholding the technical information needed for writing drivers. I suspect by the time a competitor could make use of the information and build a new chip, get it into production, it would be so out of date to not matter to Intel. By the time any laptop has been in production a 12-18 months, you can be 99% sure the chips used are well away from the current state of the art. Dave This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
