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Last edited by Kano; 07 September 2012, 07:04 AM.
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Originally posted by e8hffff View PostA argument could be, 'Is anyone helping AMD/ATI' to develop A1 drivers for Linux?
Hint: The answer is no, so why are they doing it anyway?
As a developer myself I can totally feel with that guy and everyone ridiculing him for his rant is just being a clueless douchebag (ofc, Michael grabbing this out after X years is a different story).
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Originally posted by disgrace View Postnothing wrong here. glGetString(GL_VENDOR) return the ati string on mswin so this is a must be for wine.
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Originally posted by Lemonzest View Postpermanently burned is a misconception, most Intel and Phenom CPU's can upgrade the microcode, tho it needs to be done on every boot else it falls back to the bios version.Test signature
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Originally posted by Michael View PostYears ago, AMD also requested how process names are made within the Phoronix Test Suite (i.e. doom3-benchmark vs. d3-benchmark), so maybe I'll run some benchmarks that generate obscure process names to see if the blob is still doing funny checks.
This is like doping in sports. It belongs into disqualification, IMHO.
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Originally posted by barkas View PostNope. It's just wrong. A driver should never ever do something depending on process name. Possibly they should report ATI in any case - they obviously did not dare to change it on windows, why should they do it for linux?
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Originally posted by disgrace View Postthey cant do it on windows or they will break a lot of stuff. they are relying on the process name since a long time even on windows, take a look at the file atiogl.xml . if you know a better way to detect a specific apps tell them.
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Originally posted by bleubugs View Postdcc24: do you write a Composite Manager ? My guess is no as if you were, you would just agree.
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