From: David J. <dj...@ho...> - 2001-09-27 20:19:55
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<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P><BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: Gareth Hughes <GARETH.HUGHES@ACM.ORG> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: dri...@li... <DIV></DIV>>To: dri...@li... <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Dri-devel] Radeon 8500, what's the plan? <DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:56:53 -0700 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>David Johnson wrote: <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>> <DIV></DIV>>>They did release specs (under NDA) to many people (including <DIV></DIV>>>yourself <DIV></DIV>>>through PI/VA Linux). <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Sure, but not to people in the general open source community, and <DIV></DIV>>with the demise of PI/VA, I would say the chances of a driver done <DIV></DIV>>by anyone other than ATI are slim to nil. Isn't that what we're <DIV></DIV> <P>>talking about? </P> <P> </P> <P>Sure, that is a valid point but we need to remember that in the past ATI has not been adverse to supporting open source drivers or to releasing specs to qualified people. I have no clue what ATI's plans are for supporting Linux for new chips but should some 3rd party come along capable of producing a driver I think it is reasonable to assume they might make the information available.</P> <P>David</P> <DIV> </DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html> |