Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux Incompatibility List | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 23 Aug 2004 00:31:58 -0600 |
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Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> writes:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:10:15PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Sad, 2004-08-21 at 21:31, Lee Revell wrote: > > > Nvidia. AFAIK all nvidia Linux drivers are either binary-only or > > > reverse-engineered. > > > > The X 2D driver isnt too easy to read (although with the rivatv notes > > its quite easy). That was written by Nvidia employees and provided by > > Nvidia. > > As was the nForce AGP GART driver. Some folks in NVidia are trying > to do the right thing wherever possible.
This will be an interesting space to watch I guess.
Tyan is working on an LinuxBIOS to Nvidia's most recent Opteron chipset as well. And Nvidia seems to be helping.
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