-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Sullivan wrote: > The Free Software Foundation had listed http://r300.sf.net/ as a "High > Priority > Project". We recognize that the lack of 3D video drivers for their specific > hardware is one of the primary obstacles preventing people from running > entirely free systems. > > The development status and location of that project has changed, and we would > like to update our recommendation.
R300 driver development now takes place within the Mesa tree (http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/). The driver is mostly working now. There are still bugs and hardware features that are not supported. Fixing driver bugs that are caused by bad interactions with the hardware tends to be a tedious game of guess and check. This can be particularly annoying when one version of the R300 chips works, but a very similar version has problems for some users. > We are interested in ideas for how we can help contribute to the project's > development (and to the overall goals of performing 3D video drivers for free > software operating systems). > > I'd like to hear any suggestions or feedback that the developers on the list > have for what could be done. The biggest problem with all hardware supported by open drivers is the lack of documentation. The hardware documentation that is available is often only available to a few developers under NDA (e.g., R100 and R200 documentation). Anything that the FSF could do to convince hardware vendors to at least make hardware documentation more available would be a tremendous help. > (I'll stay subscribed to the list -- or please point me in a different > direction if there is a more appropriate list for this.) Either this list or mesa3d-dev at lists dot sourceforge dot net are basically equivalent. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFBdvKX1gOwKyEAw8RAjUNAJ9NiHn/iCJnragK59CNO/L4rnw08wCdF+5b VSdGXhhQmZE+IRpXJaQ3X6k= =HXPI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
