Re: DRI integration
Jim Gettys <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.freedesktop.xserver |
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| Organization | HP Labs, Cambridge Research Laboratory |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 23:28, Owen Taylor wrote:
> We clearly are going to have a lot easier time doing wor
> with open source drivers. And luckily we have open source drivers and
> specs for not too ancient cards.
Yes, the Radeon 7500 seems a good one to us.
>
> But the parameters for closed source drivers are different than those
> for the open source drivers in ways that going beyond being not open
> source (reuse of large chunks of code from Windows drivers, no Mesa),
> so engagement in that area at an earlier point rather than a later point
> is pretty important.
Owen, we're very aware of that, and have been in touch with
one of the major vendors already to open that dialog.
- Jim
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Jim Gettys <[email protected]>
HP Labs, Cambridge Research Laboratory