2 Dec
2004
2 Dec
'04
5:56 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 21:02 +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:56:03PM +0100, Esben Stien
wrote:
[snip]
Exactly, *you* should have the ability to actually find that solution
for *your* system. Proprietary drivers take this ability away from you,
so in that situation.. *you* are screwed.
Nobody ever said the manufacturer should be responsible for supporting
any and all new configurations - that's riduclous. The entire point is
they /shouldn't/ be responsible, so people aren't at their mercy.
ATI is almost certainly not going to write a driver for my Radeon for
whatever incarnation of X we're using in 5 years. Will it work however?
Absolutely. It's essentially a guarantee, given the ease of converting
the existing (XFree) driver to other frameworks.
Sounds like you've switched sides, Fons.
-DR-
Alfons Adriaensen
<fons.adriaensen(a)alcatel.be> writes:
Yes. And you can't expect a manufacturer of a e.g. soundcard to update
all drivers each time you or any other customer decide to upgrade his
system. If *you* modify your system and thereby make an existing driver
useless, then it's up to *you* to find a solution For the same reasons, there would be no need to
upgrade your Linux
version, and you don't need driver updates. The current closed-source
driver will still work in 5 years.
Now, you're twisting everything to fit a twisted view. Software is
changed much more often than hardware.