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> they've never helped out with open source drivers I think that's only true when it comes to 3D drivers. They wrote the 2D nv driver: http://xorg.freedesktop
by pedrocr 13y ago
> they've never helped out with open source drivers
I think that's only true when it comes to 3D drivers. They wrote the 2D nv driver:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/nv/ http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/nv/
I do remember people complaining it was full of magic numbers to obfuscate what it was doing but it was indeed open source and written by nvidia.
- tobiasu 13y agoThe nv driver exists for the single purpose of getting into a working desktop, so one can install the proprietary driver. It is not intended as decent 2D-only driver or anything like that.
- xiaomai 13y agoI don't know think this is a fair assessment; wouldn't having users fall-back on the vesa driver be sufficient for what you are describing? The nv driver supports extensions like xv, so I've always found it was fine for my 2D needs.
- tobiasu 13y agoThat is the reasoning I've heard (read on the ML) from nvidia employees working on said driver.
- jfoster 13y agoYes, I stand corrected on that.