From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266813AbUHVMpM (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:45:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266819AbUHVMpM (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:45:12 -0400 Received: from delerium.kernelslacker.org ([81.187.208.145]:50883 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266813AbUHVMpA (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:45:00 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:42:00 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Alan Cox Cc: Lee Revell , Wakko Warner , "David N. Welton" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux Incompatibility List Message-ID: <20040822124200.GA7556@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Alan Cox , Lee Revell , Wakko Warner , "David N. Welton" , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> <20040821201632.GA7622@digitasaru.net> <20040821202058.GA9218@animx.eu.org> <1093120274.854.145.camel@krustophenia.net> <1093173014.24344.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1093173014.24344.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:10:15PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sad, 2004-08-21 at 21:31, Lee Revell wrote: > > Nvidia. AFAIK all nvidia Linux drivers are either binary-only or > > reverse-engineered. > > The X 2D driver isnt too easy to read (although with the rivatv notes > its quite easy). That was written by Nvidia employees and provided by > Nvidia. As was the nForce AGP GART driver. Some folks in NVidia are trying to do the right thing wherever possible. Dave