[Discuss] open source graphics drivers

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)]

Martin Owens wrote:
> The key thing about video drivers is that we need investment from users
> to stimulate further development.

Actually, it isn't. The single most significant roadblock is lack of 
documentation. All the developers in the world together can't write a 
working driver if they don't know how the hardware works. nVidia is 
notorious for providing nothing in terms of documentation or support 
(you can ask Google about "Linus nVidia F-Bomb" if you think I'm 
kidding). That's recently started changing but now it's the ARM SoC OEMs 
refusing to release documentation.

-- 
Rich P.