On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:23:28 -0700 Kip Warner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-07-21 at 12:15 -0700, Matt Turner wrote: > > It has a Radeon 3200. 3D acceleration requires a little firmware for > > the ring buffer or some such. > > > > The drivers themselves are all Free Software, including the kernel > > modesetting DRM driver, the 2D device-dependent X driver, and the 3D > > OpenGL driver. > > Hey Matt, > > That's good enough for me, but there's someone in particular who would > benefit from a more capable machine than what they are dependent on > now. I'm thinking about RMS on his Yeeloong. It's a nice machine, but > very slow and no real graphics capabilities. Even though the 3A / 8133 > drivers are entirely libre, he still won't make a compromise, even for > a small data structure like a ring buffer. > > How difficult do you think it would be to replace the firmware with a > libre replacement? I could be wrong but I think the no-longer-developed "radeonhd" driver worked without utilizing any binary-only components: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeon_vs_radeonhd&num=2 -- With respect, Roman
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