> I still don't think they would lose out by much.. I've just being > trying to RE the ATI Mpeg2 IDCT/MC hardware, ATI know this, I know > this, they are only wasting my time and my employers money (we still > are going to buy their chips... no choice..) will they give out specs > .. no .. why? cause of lawyers.. they use MPEG2 decoders for DVD > decode and some lawyer told them this is a major secret despite the > fact that everyone knows how to decode Mpeg2 and DVDs at this stage.. > > same story with VIA who persist on giving out a binary only blob for > MPEG2 hardware despite the fact that it was RE'ed over two years ago.. > the secret is out...
When I was RE the ATI IDCT stuff a few years ago, someone at ATI told me that the problem was that the company they licensed the IDCT stuff from wouldn't let them give out any specs. I may be remembering this wrong since it was a long time ago... Duncan. PS: At some point I changed hardware, and didn't need the IDCT anymore. I just tried to find my notes on it, but there only seems to be some stuff about the tv tuner... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
