On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:47:46AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > > The GPU is a Mali T764, on which Luc has been doing some early work to [...] > > ever been achieved yet. Thus, I believe it is of the utmost importance > > to back Luc up on this, > > What support does he need? >
I don't know him, but from what I read, I guess that at least motivation. Maybe funding currently, I don't know. By motivation I don't mean cheering or a pat in the back, but philosophically solid arguments on why it is worth adding value to a company offerings (or an industry) which is actively alienating people from their computers. Have you read http://libv.livejournal.com/27461.html ? > > even if big players like ARM are trying hard to > > make Lima not happen and to make it difficult for Luc to keep going. > > What is ARM doing to Lima? > They alledgedly pressured another company to fire a FS developer working on Lima. Also allegedly fired some of their own employees after they sided with an external proposal to embrance a FS policy for their driver. And, always according to Luc, who I believe, ARM tries to hinder/defame Lima either directly or through business partners. Or something like that.
