You (Paul Gress) wrote:
> On 08/ 4/10 09:40 AM, Matthias Pfützner wrote:
>>
>> I wasn't refering to Illumos adding anything. I just mentioned, that nVIDIA
>> does write the driver for all versions of Solaris and that they are therefore
>> the focal point of contact, just like you mentioned. I only asked you, as you
>> are in good contact with nVIDIA and might have known anything about their
>> possible plans w.r.t. CUDA or OpenCL... ;-) But: I know: No Comment...;-)
>>
>> And: Yes, if there's business, they'll do it, that's for sure...
>
> Yes I believe that would be true if the OS was developed for Workstations.
> The only commitment I see from Oracle is Servers and Databases. Would CUDA
> help there?
I guess, I don't get, what you're after?
The nVIDIA device driver is written by nVIDIA, not Oracle!
Solaris/OpenSolaris is not specifically a Server or Workstation OS, it's an
OS. People use it. Oracle/Sun currently only sells server-hardware. So, trying
to derive from that fact, that Solaris/OpenSolaris is only a server OS is a
conclusion done by someone. But, if people would be using Solaris/OpenSolaris
more for Desktop, then that would be helping nVIDIA in porting/migrating (my
guess).
You all here can help with that:
Now with the 3rd-party hardware support option, you only need to certify your
workstations using the HCTS, and buy support contracts... ;-) It's up to the
end-user, what they use the software (or here: the OS) for... ;-)
Matthias
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