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In <8e96a0b90706162258nfc1bc70gba2fd4ad5d6fd8b6@mail.gmail.com>, mal content <artifact.one@googlemail.com> typed:
> Docs are more important than drivers. Please ask for
> docs.

Yes. Drivers get us drivers for the platforms they decide to support,
which will pretty much kill development on the open source drivers
(check out the open source NVidia and ATI drivers). Docs get us the
ability to have drivers for platforms they may not want to support.

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