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发表于 2009-6-1 12:01:32
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根据 http://www.mail-archive.com/xorg ... p.org/msg02786.html
GMA500 原来不是 Intel 的芯片,Intel 只是打上了自己的标签而已。传言将会有开源驱动。此事在 Intel 内部倒也有争议。
The GMA500 is not really an Intel chip, it's a PowerVR core glued onto one. Fairly sure it's not the same thing as the 'vermilion' driver we've got, but hard to say without PCI IDs. Sensible open source support is rumored to be forthcoming though.
The whole story here is something along the lines of one side of Intel deciding that Linux was a good way to ship cheap low-wattage machines, and thus making a cheap low-wattage machine without concern for silly little matters like whether they could release open drivers for it at the time it shipped (or ever, really). Meanwhile the other side of
Intel - the side that understands what open source is and how it works - is left totally out of the product planning loop, so doesn't get the chance to point out that this is perhaps not the best idea. |
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