On 05/09/07, Alan DuBoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Shawn Walker wrote: > > So it would seem: > > http://lwn.net/Articles/248227/ > > > > If they actually follow through on this, I'd buy a new ATi card in a > > heartbeat. > > > > No offense to Intel for the great stuff they've done, but they just > > don't compete performance-wise... > > I agree with the second comment there, Intel's approach not only seems > better but they're coming through with their promises. > > We have DRI for Intel chipsets for OpenSolaris today. This was due to > Intel providing some specs and info to Sun. My hat is off to them. > > Also, in the past ATI has had different drivers for open source and for > proprietary, AFAIK, and the performance has never been great for the open > source version. I would be skeptical of this cat/mouse game.
It seems the cat/mouse game will continue a bit. They have now clarified that the specs will only be available under NDA: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=826&num=1 However, supposedly, they will be funding the development of a 2D/3D open source driver in that will be written in cooperation with the community. A proprietary driver will still be their focus going forward for their primary customers. I'll just wait and see what happens out of this... -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
