AFAIK, AMD are funding three OSS developers at this time. And (and this is also important) they are providing technical assistance to OSS developers.
This is less than Intel, you are right. And most of these people are working on Radeon-specific stuff. This is also true.
Still, it's more than Nvidia, isn't it?
Also, the support for OpenGL2+ required a move to an in-kernel memory controller, which coincided with the switch to KMS, and most of OpenGL3+ stuff will take place over Gallium3d, which is also relatively recent. All this took time.
This is less than Intel, you are right. And most of these people are working on Radeon-specific stuff. This is also true.
Still, it's more than Nvidia, isn't it?
Also, the support for OpenGL2+ required a move to an in-kernel memory controller, which coincided with the switch to KMS, and most of OpenGL3+ stuff will take place over Gallium3d, which is also relatively recent. All this took time.
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