On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 12:36:16PM +0200, Ole-Egil Hvitmyren wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 01:58:18PM -0500, Orion Buckminster Montoya wrote: > > > > > >>If we're going to get other GNU/Linux user lists involved, we should > >>be banding together to exert more pressure on nVidia to release specs > >>to Free Software developers. A binary-only solution is a worse > >>solution than what we have now. > >> > >> > > > >No, this will never happen, do you really think that if we were not able > >to get docs for the DRI and such up to now, they will sudenly release > >them for a small bunch of people who should be running macos X even. > >Also, it is not enough to have the docs, you also need the competent > >people to write the drivers with it. > > > > > > Run macos x? How do I do that on my PPC computers? ;-) > > (two RS/6k 43p systems, and one AmigaOne G3-SE. no Apple systems) > > >Finally, if more and more arches do need support, maybe they will find > >it after a time that building on all those arches is more of a bother > >than a benefit, maybe they will give the specs for a free implementation > >or something. > > > > > > > I agree, though. Just thought the whole "small bunch of people who > should be running macos x" seemed a little misplaced :-)
Well, it was voluntary provocative, and i think it most assuredly how nvidia will think. And anyway, i guess you can count the people running non mac hardware with nvidia graphic cards on the fingers of a hand, so this is even less incentive for them. Friendly, Sven Luther
