I'm personally a strong supporter in the support that AMD (nee ATi) has been giving to the OSS community. They have released specs and helped on the OSS driver where possible.
In this _specific_ case however, I have to agree, AMD has dropped the ball or may if it does not help a little out. If a extremely skilled OSS dev can't get it to work after 7 months, it's time that AMD step up to the plate and help out. This would not be expected of course, they have no 'real' obligation to do so, but it would confirm and show their commitment.
We are not asking here that AMD do all the work in getting Hyper-Z support in the OSS drivers, nor do we ask them to break any IP bs. They would merely be helping the already existing code out.
Having said all that, with the code being pushed only now, I would expect that it is only now that someone is even able to help, so my hopes are high at this moment.
In this _specific_ case however, I have to agree, AMD has dropped the ball or may if it does not help a little out. If a extremely skilled OSS dev can't get it to work after 7 months, it's time that AMD step up to the plate and help out. This would not be expected of course, they have no 'real' obligation to do so, but it would confirm and show their commitment.
We are not asking here that AMD do all the work in getting Hyper-Z support in the OSS drivers, nor do we ask them to break any IP bs. They would merely be helping the already existing code out.
Having said all that, with the code being pushed only now, I would expect that it is only now that someone is even able to help, so my hopes are high at this moment.
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