On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:10, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 12:05 pm, alan wrote: > > Until a vendor that makes a fast 3d video card decides to open source > > drivers, we are pretty much stuck with the situation. (Unless someone > > wants to reverse engineer the chipset.) > > > > I don't see it happening soon. > > > > Apparently you've never heard of ATI. Their Linux drivers are all open > source and it appears that they are actively cooperating with the community > and trying to push X and Linux integration forward. While they aren't > disclosing trade secrets they aren't at liberty to disclose, they are > giving enough information legally that the developers can figure out those > secrets or develop their own solutions. > > I have been using ATI cards for several years, and as long as I use older > hardware (7000 series nowadays), Linux works fabulously with them, even 3D > acceleration. Today, you can buy ATI cards for cheap from Taiwanese and > Chinese manufacturers. I think they pay ATI for the right to either make > the chip themselves or to sell the card with their chipset on it. They sell > well because frankly they are more than sufficient for business machines > and my home linux network. I was under the assumption that their hardware accelerated drivers were closed source. I guess I will have to look at their cards again. -- We are living in the "interesting times" the fortune cookies warned us about.
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