[ILUG] [comp.os.linux.hardware] Graphics card fully supported by Open Source drivers!

[John Orford]

Although this is positive, somebody on the kernel mailing list pointed out 
that linux can do 2d pretty well already, the offer being to build a 2d 
graphics card.

So I doubt it's all that viable...



Pada Kamis 25 November 2004 15:47, Richard Corden menulis:
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> In my experience, and apparently the experience of others, finding a
> graphics card which is supported by open source drivers is a bit of a
> challenge.  Either the open source driver support is poor or limited,
> or there are simply no open source drivers at all.  Many people resort
> to buying used cards from eBay.
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> Frustrated, I have decided to start a project to solve the problem.
> Since I am a chip designer, and I work for a company that sells
> graphics cards, I decided to approach management with the idea, and
> they agreed that if I could justify it economically, we would do it.
> The primary objective is to produce a graphics product which has fully
> open documentation and fully open source driver.
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> When I first brought up the idea on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, it
> received quite a bit of attention.  Lots of discussion on LKML
> resulted in an article on kerneltrap.org, followed by a link from
> Slashdot.
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> Now, there is a mailing list dedicated to this project which can be
> found at:
> http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics
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> A preliminary feature spec can be found at:
> http://open-graphics.duskglow.com/openspec.pdf or
> http://www.techsource.com/Open_Graphics/Open_Graphics_Spec.pdf
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> In addition, one of the list members put online a petition pertaining
> to pricing of the proposed graphics card:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/3dc4rdlb/petition.html
> (I think the petition will be valuable feedback for the company to
> determine viability.)
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> As someone who uses Linux as his primary platform, both at home and at
> work, I would really love to see something like this come to fruition.
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> Unfortunately, the attention people have paid to this project has
> started to wane.  I figure either people really aren't that
> interested, or they just don't know about it.  I decided to test the
> waters by posting to a few different forums around on the web.  It
> turns out that there are plenty of interested people, but they just
> haven't heard about it because word hasn't spread.
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> Although my employer is capable of and willing to help me to market
> this, they have not taken an intrusive role in the project, in part
> because they understand that this is not a normal project.  This is
> more of a community project than it is a "Tech Source" project, and
> they have respected that.  Unfortunately, being an engineer rather
> than a sales person, I haven't had huge success on my own in
> generating the necessary awareness among those who would be interested
> in this sort of thing.
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> To that end, I would like to humbly ask interested parties who read
> this to please pass the word around.  (And also participate in the
> discussions and development process.)
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> I hope you don't see this as a plea for free advertizing but rather as
> an opportunity to take part in the development of graphics hardware
> which is compatible with Free Software principles.  I honestly believe
> that there is a major need, and I would like to be part of meeting
> that need.
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> Sincerely,
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> Timothy Miller
> Tech Source, Inc.
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> Richard Corden
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