Re: New ATI FireGL driver supports 2.6 kernel

Dennis Freise
2003-09-08T23:08:19Z

> > The ATI drivers are NOT binary-only!
> http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/agp/binary.shtml

Mhh, ATI seriously sucks. Really.

> Linking GPL code to binary .o files, and then disabling the
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") smells pretty fishy to me.

This whole situation stinks - ATI plays games with open source, using the
free parts to complement their own components and on the other hand prevent
implementation by kernel-developers... maybe there should be more talking
going on between hardware-manufacturers and linux-developers, because my
ATI-GraKa (9800 Pro) STILL does not work - not with 2.4.x, not with 2.6.x,
even with all the newest versions (problem not based on ATI drivers, but on
agpgart KT400 / AGP3 issues)
Since all compoments do work on W*nd*ws, I seriously wonder how much M$ pays
to ATI to prevent linux-driver development.

My apologies for being wrong about the bin-only-part...

Greetings,
Dennis