AMD to open up graphics specs

AMD to open up graphics specs

Posted Sep 5, 2007 21:14 UTC (Wed) by dark (subscriber, #8483)
In reply to: AMD to open up graphics specs by ewan
Parent article: AMD to open up graphics specs

Actually, "we will supply specs" is all I ask for. In some ways it's even better than getting a driver. If we write a driver to the specs, and it works, then we know the specs are good. We'll know everything we need to maintain that driver. By contrast, a driver from the vendor will have been based partly on undocumented in-house knowledge.

I don't think hardware vendors should feel pressured to supply a Linux driver. That's a lot of hassle and it will discourage them from supporting Linux at all. Just the specs, please.

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