Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:17:14 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux Message-ID: <20070616191714.GA38504@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200706161733.RAA14937@sopwith.solgatos.com> References: <200706161733.RAA14937@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 10:33:00AM +0100, Dieter wrote.. > So who, exactly, is the best person to write to requesting > docs for AMD/ATI graphics/video chips? > > We need to politely inform them that > > There are a lot of operating systems out there, > and they all need high quality, fully functional drivers. > FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan-9, Open-Solaris, ... > > We might want to add a ATI graphics/video card to a computer > with a different CPU architecture (Alpha, Sparc, PPC, ...) > > Binary drivers are useless, because: > Too many OSes. > Too many CPU archs. > Can't fix bugs. > Can't fix security holes. > Therefore we need documentation on how to program the chips. > > 2D is not enough. We need video decoding and 3D. > > If we can't have high quality, fully functional source code drivers > for the OS and CPU arch of our choice, then there is no reason to > buy the product. > > Have I left out anything? Well.. yes. "How much revenue ($$) AMD will loose when these open source projects do not get the chip docs". Ultimately the $$ question is what exec level management will ask. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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