I read about the OLPC XO 1.75 including a new ARM SOC from Marvell. From what I read, this SOC includes a 3D GPU and a hardware video decode engine.
What is the plan regarding support for these components in the OLPC XO 1.75 software and how does that fit with the general "100% open wherever possible" philosophy of OLPC? Will support come from a binary blob or from an open source driver (or will it be like the wireless firmware on the current OLPC whereby its supported by a binary blob initially with people who haven't signed any NDA contributing to a reverse engineered replacement for said blob as a community project?) Or will the XO 1.75 not support 3D at all? (which would presumably save power and make the battery last longer) I am curious because this is the first device with ARM and a 3D GPU that I know of that is being made by an organization where openness is a stated goal of the project and (on the surface) that seems to conflict with the highly proprietary nature of most vendors in the ARM SOC space. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
