Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:43:59 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: "Lundberg, Johannes" <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp> Cc: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com>, Anders Bolt-Evensen <andersbo87@icloud.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Haswell support - Any updates? Message-ID: <114F22EF-61E3-4D75-84FB-9D6E3FBCB8F3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAASDrVnuVfOsJvNuOsAQaHYRQqFenH%2B3=wNDBO5GR5j2KgxsxQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <55FA7324.5010603@icloud.com> <CAASDrV=D6viCDJx9yT5CiNf1ukiz_Rp1k5wqpk92xSyiNQTEqg@mail.gmail.com> <CAPS9%2BSuYq6JqzX=aHNgD=y5SUnBQ4x_Amk-6B0bvKc6kRQ5YVA@mail.gmail.com> <CAASDrVnxZ8MUmgCO-cFRVatUMQS1LHU-4XASSJckzp_FJbvd2w@mail.gmail.com> <09A515F2-44BA-4DF0-9792-D4C56EEB9D7C@FreeBSD.org> <CAASDrVnuVfOsJvNuOsAQaHYRQqFenH%2B3=wNDBO5GR5j2KgxsxQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 17 Sep 2015, at 11:31, Lundberg, Johannes = <johannes@brilliantservice.co.jp> wrote: >=20 > Anyway, I wish the foundation would support the graphics team by = sponsoring this development=E2=80=A6 The Foundation did fund a lot of this work, and likely will again. The = problem is not willingness of the Foundation to fund it, nor = availability of funds. As with WiFi, it=E2=80=99s availability of = people who have both the competence and interest to do the work and the = availability to work as consultants for the Foundation. Long term, the real solution is to convince GPU vendors to put as much = effort into funding FreeBSD driver development as they do into funding = Linux and Windows driver development. The Foundation has been reaching = out in this direction, but it=E2=80=99s far more compelling if people = can document cases where lack of FreeBSD support has cost a vendor = sales. If you=E2=80=99ve bought a system with an nVidia or AMD GPU (or, = ideally, if your company has bought a few thousand) because of lack of = FreeBSD support from Intel, then let Intel know. =20 David
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