Rogelio Serrano wrote:
On 8/13/06, Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, what does the future hold?
The eternal question.
> Total and complete documentation for the ATI Radeon chips.
Assuming by this you mean enough docs to write good FOSS drivers.
Since we don't have a crystal ball, the question is, what are the
chances of this happening, and if so when? And which chips, existing
ones or just new chips going forward?
Assuming the AMD-ATI deal goes through, the chances are a lot
higher than they were before, but even 10-20% would be a lot
higher than before.
There is really no change at all. At least as far as current ATI
development is concerned. ATI can start developing a less encumbered
board in the far future though. Did the IP owners of the technology
ATI is using changed their minds?
Actually, they can do the same thing that Intel did: release a X11R7 hal
binary library. If the API of the library is completely documented and
it provides access to all of the hardware, then an open source driver
can be written.
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JRT
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