Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:02:11 -0700 From: vehemens <vehemens@verizon.net> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] drm updates Message-ID: <200808151202.11520.vehemens@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <1218812516.9345.22.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> References: <200808142307.32015.vehemens@verizon.net> <1218812516.9345.22.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com>
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On Friday 15 August 2008 08:01:56 am Robert Noland wrote: > On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 23:07 -0700, vehemens wrote: > ... > > On a side note, intel just eliminated any reason for a BSD user to buy > > any of their new hardware. yea?? > > I'm frustrated, but intel has been fairly good about giving up docs and > licensing of code that they write. I don't think that they are actively > trying to alienate us, they are just trying to take advantage of the > latest linux kernel bits and make it easier for them to merge into > linux. I'm not sure that it is going to work out all that well for them > (the linux folks) either though. For now, it's all still up in the air, > so I don't know what will happen with the repo's. As far as gem and > mode-setting go, intel has been working hard to get those features done > for linux, and while I don't forsee them helping us with our code, they > aren't actively working against us either... That was a bit of a dig at intel by me. They have done a log of good work recently. A lot of the GEM code appears to be usable on BSD once you get past the linux parts. Ditto for mode-setting.
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