OLS: Open source graphics drivers

OLS: Open source graphics drivers

Posted Jul 20, 2006 8:25 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: OLS: Open source graphics drivers by maniax
Parent article: OLS: Open source graphics drivers

supporting linux properly with documentation and stuff. At least under the NDA.

Especially ATI was fairly decent. They helped out with their 8500 ATI cards. Nvidia had that 'utah' drivers. And he was right about that. ATI closed off completely right about the time they got Xbox 360 contract.

With Nvidia stuff I don't know so much. Maybe they helped out with the Utah GLX stuff.

Btw, if it wasn't for high end markets wanting to replace aging SGI boxes with Linux on cheap PCs there wouldn't be any propriatory drivers for Nvidia or ATI cards. At least with ATI. Originally their drivers were only for their workstation class cards, but people massaged them to work with consumer class cards.

Now ATI is even refusing to let open source 2D drivers work with their r500 series cards.

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