Call without hope
Posted Apr 29, 2006 1:05 UTC (Sat) by
adobriyan (guest, #30858)
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Some notes on Linux and free drivers
Nvidia, ATI people, if you're reading this, please make a decision
to release documentation.
I'm not asking for driver, source code, skeleton driver, whatever. I don't
care for Windows users, they will eat what they are given, anyway. I'm asking
only for documentation, so other people can write driver in their copious free time for Linux and BSD.
There is a very simple reason for that: I trust Linux and BSD hackers much
more than some NVidia or ATI coder to produce sane (both interface and implementation-wise), reviewed, secure driver.
Last time I checked NVidia driver was roughly 3 times bigger than the whole
Linux kernel I'm using right now. With all its scheduling, memory management, networking, low-level filesystem, virtual filesystem, interaction with hardware (network, video, PCI, AGP, keyboard, mouse), DMA, power-management stuff. The list is infinite.
Are modern 3D graphics drivers are that complex. Are they more complex than the whole Linux operating system? I don't believe in it. It's just hard to believe.
Or be a man and release a driver. If hch and viro won't say
Junk, learn C.
it would be a biggest compliment your company ever received.
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