Binary-only kernel modules may be banned [LWN.net]

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 10:54 UTC (Thu) by bni (guest, #27103)
In reply to: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned by mcisely
Parent article: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

A radeon 9200 with free drivers connected to a HDTV by HDMI (DVI->HDMI cable) renders HDTV stuff just fine. For example h264 content performance is mainly due to having a fast dual core CPU. I am sure the result for Intel would be similar.

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Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 14:56 UTC (Thu) by vondo (guest, #256) [Link]

Right and I could junk my component only 1080i TV and shell out another $3000 for an HDMI TV and then everything would be fine and dandy.

I'm glad your setup works for you and I would welcome decent drivers and reasonably priced hardware that works for me. But the world isn't like that. Sometimes you've got to shoehorn a linux system into an existing setup.