Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-17 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mal content <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Docs are more important than drivers. Please ask for > docs. Yes. Drivers get us drivers for the platforms they decide to support, which will pretty much kill development on the open source drivers (check out the open source NVidia a

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-16 Thread mal content
What does this program do? #include int main(void) { printf("%u\n", 0x2a); return 0; } Docs are more important than drivers. Please ask for docs. MC ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hac

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:16:48PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote.. > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 10:33:00AM +0100, Dieter wrote.. > > > >>So who, exactly, is the best person to write to requesting > >>docs for AMD/ATI graphics/video chips? > >> > >>We need to politely inform them

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Garrett Cooper
Wilko Bulte wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 10:33:00AM +0100, Dieter wrote.. So who, exactly, is the best person to write to requesting docs for AMD/ATI graphics/video chips? We need to politely inform them that There are a lot of operating systems out there, and they all nee

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 10:33:00AM +0100, Dieter wrote.. > So who, exactly, is the best person to write to requesting > docs for AMD/ATI graphics/video chips? > > We need to politely inform them that > > There are a lot of operating systems out there, > and they all need high quality,

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-16 Thread Dieter
So who, exactly, is the best person to write to requesting docs for AMD/ATI graphics/video chips? We need to politely inform them that There are a lot of operating systems out there, and they all need high quality, fully functional drivers. FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan-9

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-15 Thread youshi10
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Ali Mashtizadeh wrote: Hi, Sun's pushing ATI/AMD to provide good drivers for Solaris, so it means they will have to work on the portability issue of their drivers. It is probably the best time to influence AMD's decision since they are going to do what Sun tells them. Nvidi

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Ali Mashtizadeh
Hi, Sun's pushing ATI/AMD to provide good drivers for Solaris, so it means they will have to work on the portability issue of their drivers. It is probably the best time to influence AMD's decision since they are going to do what Sun tells them. Nvidia has an easier time porting their drivers sin

Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 02:03:39PM -0400, Ali Mashtizadeh wrote: > Hey everyone, > > This email went out on Xorg I thought it might be useful for all of us stuck > with ATI cards. We should all show our interest in AMD helping out the BSD > community as well! Just like Nvidia has been doing!

Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

2007-06-15 Thread Ali Mashtizadeh
Hey everyone, This email went out on Xorg I thought it might be useful for all of us stuck with ATI cards. We should all show our interest in AMD helping out the BSD community as well! Just like Nvidia has been doing! -- Ali Mashtizadeh علی مشتی زاده -- Forwarded message -- Fro