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VIA Will Not Provide An OSS Chrome 9 3D Driver
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Originally posted by http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=via_no_chrome9This current situation is similar to when the Intel Poulsbo DRM was proposed for mainlining in the Linux kernel, but that ended up being rejected on the basis of the 3D driver being closed-source and the code being undocumented. VIA's code is really not any better.
So as soon as the documentation is complete, the DRM could probably enter the kernel.
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Originally posted by chithanh View PostThe situation is very different from Intel Poulsbo. Intel was neither willing to provide open source code nor documentation.
Intel was willing, but unable, to provide EITHER source or documentation for Polusbo.
They CAN'T as it's not their GPU core like all the other GMA devices.
It's Imagination Technologies' (It's a PowerVR SGX 5XX series core...) design- and they have yet to show signs of even considering the access of technical information for any purposes of anything other than a closed driver for ANY OS. Moreover, they're the ones that've bogged down releasing a blob driver for the flagship OS on one of the flagship SoC's for their chip. It's still...fun...trying to do 3D stuff on OMAP3 devices.
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Originally posted by Svartalf View PostSorry, but you have that dead wrong.
Intel was willing, but unable, to provide EITHER source or documentation for Polusbo.
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Well i hope that the driver is rejected from the kernel until there's full documentation.
I don't like the idea of an kernel driver that needs an binary blob for 3D.
I hope VIA one day can be as helpful as ATI against the community, but i doubt it.
Intel and ATI shows that it can be done.
So do you think the next generation of VIA graphics will be fully open source?
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Last time I criticized VIA for their (lack of) work on Chrome 9 I got answers from BruceChang and Jon Nettleton that I'm wrong and they just need some time. Yeah, sure. Once again we received nice "F you" :/
Check out "Chrome 9" thread in these two months:
Come on, how many ppl they need to hire to work on open source driver? I'm sure AMD provided it's not a big amount to have nice effects.
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Originally posted by Regenwald View Postas i already pointed out in another thread, intel seems to open up the pulsbo driver in q4 in 2009
But, I'm not holding my breath on it. I'll believe that one when I see it.
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Originally posted by Ex-Cyber View PostVIA hasn't been seriously pursuing the gamer/enthusiast market for years; they've been setting the standards for small, low-power PC systems. Intel and Nvidia are just now getting around to producing stuff that can compete with VIA in this space.
...they've been setting the standards for small, low-power, HIGH PRICED PC systems...
and their market evaporated almost immediately after the atom came out.
VIA's history has been about conscienciously squandering every opportunity they ever had. This is no different.
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