> > Linus is mostly using the G5, not really using it for developpement of > > ppc/ppc64 specific support, this is still in the hand of the good old > > team lead by Paul Mackerras :) > > i was thinking also that its not the 'port' thats the problem but more > the lack of specs to support peripherals. powerpc chips are open spec > i believe and IBM has an interest in the platform being stable in linux > but they dont give a rats about airport extreme or DRI etc. > > which leads me into thinking that i cant see linus hacking airport > extreme or doing some big X development.
It has nothing to do with IBM's involvement. In fact, if you look closely at the DRI lists, you'll see some IBM folks involved ;) DRI for r300 is beeing worked one based on reverse engineering (paulus got bzflag working nicely on his G5 the other day) . Airport Extreme is a different matter, it's more complex and we all have alternate solutions, so nobody is spending time of that, but you are welcome to do so :) Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
