5 Dec
2006
5 Dec
'06
12:29 a.m.
Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote:
Cesare Marilungo:
Tradition? =-O
Ok. I give up. :-)
d.
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Tommi Sakari Uimonen wrote:
Ok, but even intel still releases most of their driver as binary only
(e.g. for chips used in wireless cards, modems). Why?
I don't have this impression of intel. Do you have any references to
intel releasing "most of their drivers as binary only"?
(maybe the do for windows, but that might just be because of tradition.)
>>
I mean big hardware manufacturers releasing open source drivers.
> Is > there any?
>>
> AFAICT Intel are somehow tied to a group (maybe directly) which
> works on
> Xorg drivers for Intel GFX hardware. Are Intel big enough ? :)
>
Somehow :-) . Maybe directly ;-) .
http://intellinuxgraphics.org
Tommi