On 02/10/2011 01:37 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > 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 You should add that link to the proposal page.
... > 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. People wanting something for their own purposes is not a compelling argument for why a trade association should fund this work. Christien Reis' presentation discusses some good reasons that a free driver would be preferable to a proprietary driver. I don't want an exposition on the value proposition of the whole free software movement, but it would be good to call out some specific benefits, *for CE vendors*, for this work. Like: reduced maintenance, easier bug fixing, more control over SoC-specific optimizations, etc. that result in reduced cost or greater customer satisfaction. -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Network Entertainment ============================= _______________________________________________ Celinux-dev mailing list [email protected] http://tree.celinuxforum.org/mailman/listinfo/celinux-dev
