On 2008-04-27, Jason Beaudoin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I talked with the nvidia guy and he assured me that there is no way >> that they'll fix this in the open source driver. >> > > that's rather horrendous.. > anymore info on this? Was he referring to the nv developers from being > able to "figure out" the magick? or that his nVidia people were > unwilling to intervene? both?
The nv developers *are* nVidia. As is pretty typical for a vendor-provided "open-source" driver, it is not code that can be properly maintained without vendor support. It may be "open source" but it is not truly Open.
