Nouveau In Linux 2.6.36 Has NVIDIA Fermi Mode-Setting

[smitty3268]

pwnd!

Oh, and when will we finally be able to edit again and have posts of less then ten characters?

Never? I seem to remember when it started it was supposed to be a temporary measure, but obviously Michael has decided not to fix it.

[smitty3268]

Maybe the opposite party is Intel and their Paulsbo chip?

[MaestroMaus]

/me wonders which hw is the opposite party and which opposite party hw is missing modesetting.

Or is FunkyRider just a bit of a flaming idiot.

pwnd!

Oh, and when will we finally be able to edit again and have posts of less then ten characters?

[not.sure]

At least the opposite party has initial power management...

[airlied]

The fact is, this reverse engineered hacking driver still progresses faster than the opposite party who has supposedly 'FULL ASSISTANCE AND DOCUMENTATION', pretty ironic isn't it? Good job Nouveau devs! You deserve the tip of hat

/me wonders which hw is the opposite party and which opposite party hw is missing modesetting.

Or is FunkyRider just a bit of a flaming idiot.

[FunkyRider]

The fact is, this reverse engineered hacking driver still progresses faster than the opposite party who has supposedly 'FULL ASSISTANCE AND DOCUMENTATION', pretty ironic isn't it? Good job Nouveau devs! You deserve the tip of hat

[DavidNielsen]

See what one can do if one gives a determined hacker some hardware, sure it would be faster with specs and assistance from the engineers, but this is still pretty impressive.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Nouveau In Linux 2.6.36 Has NVIDIA Fermi Mode-Setting

Last week we reported on the first DRM pull request for the Linux 2.6.36 kernel and it brought forth some interesting features and improvements for the open-source Linux graphics drivers living within the kernel, but a second pull request has reached the email inbox of Linus Torvalds this afternoon...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=ODQ5MQ