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

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 13:29 UTC (Thu) by mightyduck (subscriber, #23760)
In reply to: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned by drag
Parent article: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

You seem to know more than I know. Please name the vendor which makes a
dual or better (quad?) DVI video card with support for 1600x1200
resolution on all DVI outputs, 2D acceleration, and an open-source
driver. We already tried Matrox (the Parhelia and friends) and 3D Labs
(the Wildcat) and neither do they have an open-source driver nor is their
closed-source driver any usable under Linux. We don't care about 3D but
we need as much screen real estate as possible.

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Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 14:08 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

The obvious choice for these basic features is intel.

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 14:24 UTC (Thu) by mightyduck (subscriber, #23760) [Link]

I'm not aware of any Intel video card which has the features we need. In
fact, they don't even make discrete video cards.

Believe me, I'm also sick and tired of the closed-source ATI and NVIDIA
drivers with their various bugs and misbehaviors which only get fixed at
the mercy of the vendor, but for our needs we're stuck with them. And
just forbidding them doesn't solve any of our problems. That would force
us out of Linux and back to Solaris trading desks.

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 20:42 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

Ya well you don't have much choice then.

I have a ATI x800 that I have use Free software drivers for because I need 3d acceleration more then what the onboard Intel offers. I use the DRI r300 driver, which are mostly stable and give good performance.

It can do dual out. But I haven't tried it yet, but I've seen people online that successfully run that configuration.

Beleive me when I say that I've been seriously considuring getting a nvidia card because the free software drivers just aren't that fast, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 15, 2006 0:25 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

Oh another option, probably kinda insane (like you realy want to have 4 computers to build one display)

But if you realy want MEGA displays its worth looking at.

DMX + Chromium.

Distributed multihead X will turn a cluster of machines into one big display.

Chromium will make 3d acceleration work across all of them.

http://chromium.sourceforge.net/doc/dmx.html