> > IMHO, this just avoids the bad that nVidia has done and highlights the > good they've done, anyone can do business with Linux no said thats bad, > even though developers hate binary blobs most users love the performance > gains from them instead of the pains of maintainability. The problem here > is that nVidia is still not even thinking of bundling the binaries for > switching! They've let the community figure it all out by reverse > engineering and what not, and might even sue for some ludicrous reason like > "these people have unveiled/published some super technology that is > patented by nVidia" , Just a bundle of official support won't hurt anyone. > And will make a lot people not waste their time configuring graphics cards! > Xorg might not support seamless card switching: but who asked for > "seamless"? People just need a way to "switch" the cards on Linux *some > how* without getting in to details. nVidia is now riding the Xorg bandwagon > for optimus, soon they'll be presented with Wayland, if I'm not mistaken > they've announced that they are not planning for Wayland.
- Madura A. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:30 PM, David Overcash <funnylookin...@gmail.com>wrote: > It's a fair response - except that it completely avoids the issue that 90% > of laptops shipped with NVidia chips ( estimated statistic, don't quote me > ) are using an Optimus configuration, rendering the "fantastic" NVidia > driver completely moot. > > I realize that X is in no state to support switchable graphics, but at > least a solution to provide using either one chip or the other would be > MORE than sufficient. :) > > Cheers, > David > > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:54 AM, jason peel <jason.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> in fairness that is a sound response - after all its a business >> >> BTW did I say thanks for the hardware Bumblebee Devs put in! >> >> I know precisious little about how things work but would love to get >> involved somehow. I use Bumblebee for running Graphics apps such as >> Blender and because later this year I start learning C++ & openGL. I have >> started the C++ bit already so I know very basic stuff. Is there anyway in >> which I can get involved? >> >> >> Jason >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Eric Appleman <erapple...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Supporting Linux is important to NVIDIA, and we understand that there >>> are people who are as passionate about Linux as an open source platform >>> as we are passionate about delivering an awesome GPU experience. >>> >>> Recently, there have been some questions raised about our lack of >>> support for our Optimus notebook technology. When we launched our >>> Optimus notebook technology, it was with support for Windows 7 only. The >>> open source community rallied to work around this with support from the >>> Bumblebee Open Source Project http://bumblebee-project.org/. And as a >>> result, we've recently made Installer and readme changes in our R295 >>> drivers that were designed to make interaction with Bumblebee easier. >>> >>> While we understand that some people would prefer us to provide detailed >>> documentation on all of our GPU internals, or be more active in Linux >>> kernel community development discussions, we have made a decision to >>> support Linux on our GPUs by leveraging NVIDIA common code, rather than >>> the Linux common infrastructure. While this may not please everyone, it >>> does allow us to provide the most consistent GPU experience to our >>> customers, regardless of platform or operating system. >>> >>> As a result: >>> >>> 1) Linux end users benefit from same-day support for new GPUs , OpenGL >>> version and extension parity between NVIDIA Windows and NVIDIA Linux >>> support, and OpenGL performance parity between NVIDIA Windows and NVIDIA >>> Linux. >>> >>> 2) We support a wide variety of GPUs on Linux, including our latest >>> GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla-class GPUs, for both desktop and notebook >>> platforms. Our drivers for these platforms are updated regularly, with >>> seven updates released so far this year for Linux alone. The latest >>> Linux drivers can be downloaded from www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html. >>> >>> 3) We are a very active participant in the ARM Linux kernel. For the >>> latest 3.4 ARM kernel – the next-gen kernel to be used on future Linux, >>> Android, and Chrome distributions – NVIDIA ranks second in terms of >>> total lines changed and fourth in terms of number of changesets for all >>> employers or organizations. >>> >>> At the end of the day, providing a consistent GPU experience across >>> multiple platforms for all of our customers continues to be one of our >>> key goals. >>> >>> Source: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=184564 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>> Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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