Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
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> on drivers. Basically I feel we are doing great but we're lacking that
> *corporate* entity any commercial operating system has. Who do
> manufacturers seek out to provide/sell source base/NDA's to so that a
> driver can be written for our OS? No one... On behalf of who does a
> kernel hacker send out an e-mail to a company requesting specs to write
> a driver? The DRI/Xfree86 project have an advantage because of this --
> they represent a group who has done tons of great work and companies
> tend to trust groups more than individuals. Of course, many companies
May I suggest the following thread on dri-devel:
From: Dax Kelson <dax@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:32:13 -0600
Subject: [Dri-devel] Docs for R300/350 now R420 chips out?
I enjoy working on drivers for which the datasheets are publically
available. I do not buy your "corporate" model at all.
[...]
> Having a central place for network drivers would be nice for bugtracking
bugzilla.kernel.org + google + testers harassment.
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Ueimor
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