On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Tim Bird <[email protected]> wrote: > I've put together a proposal page for this at: > > http://elinux.org/Create_Open_Source_PowerVR_GPU_driver > > Note that I removed a lot of extraneous material and > toned down the rhetoric.
*lol* yeah i get a bit wordy at times > It would be good, IMHO, if the benefits of having > a free driver were expounded on. Having worked > in the community for a number of years, I can think > of some. But rather than impose my own viewpoint > on the proposal, it would be good to get some independent > commentary or justification for the proposal. yes. hmmm... much as i'd like to be the one to do that, having researched it for quite a while, i think it best if i take a step back on that one, but... yeah if anyone _does_ want to begin, independently, you really only have to look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PowerVR_products#Series5_.28SGX.29 and it becomes blindingly "holy-crap" obvious that it's a big deal, even when there are more and more ARM and MIPS CPUs, really really _good_ ones, popping out the woodwork on an almost bi-weekly basis, now. then, you just do a search "free software SGX driver" and you get, once you have sifted through the confusion over the "shim" kernel driver "what-do-you-mean-it's-obviously-free-software-there's-a-GPL-linux-kernel-driver-what-are-you-talking-about-fool" misunderstandings, you find that there are actually a hell of a lot of people who want a *true* free software PowerVR SGX library. i won't mention specific products or sites, from now on - i'll let other people work on the page and the proposal. l. p.s. cc'ing dr richard stallman in order to alert him to this discussion, and to the proposal, because the FSF now has PowerVR SGX as a high-priority project, and so the FSF is acutely aware of the need to get this project kick-started. p.p.s richard: the elinux.org wiki site's content is licensed under the GNU FDL, and elinux.org itself is running MediaWiki. so, it's safe for you to view and edit it, should you so wish *grin* :) _______________________________________________ Celinux-dev mailing list [email protected] http://tree.celinuxforum.org/mailman/listinfo/celinux-dev
