[haiku-development] Re: Hardware 3D....
- From: Matt <laceysnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 16:22:31 +1000
They're all good points and I agree that for now it is definitely
better for devs to focus on other areas. It should just be remembered
that the end user probably couldn't care less about where the driver
comes from or if he can see the source code, all he wants is his
hardware fully (2D + 3D) supported from the word go with no hassle.
I never use the open source nvidia drivers for linux because there's
simply no point! It was never my intention to imply haiku devs spend
their time working on it, sure it'd be nice to have our own drivers
but I don't see the harm in asking a company if they'd provide drivers
for their hardware. The worst they can say is no!
2008/5/29 David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Heya,
>
> It is important to any OS that the developer of the hardware supports
> the OS with drivers. There is just not enough developers otherwise
> (not just on Haiku).
>
> But it is best to approach a hardware company when the OS is ready to
> support them porting or writing a driver and I am not sure Haiku is at
> that stage.
>
> I would start with asking Nvidia to release their specifications like
> ATI. Even the 2D specifications would be nice.
>
> Politically Haiku should use developers time to support companies that
> do supply specifications. But if someone enjoys reverse engineering
> obscure hardware features they are welcome to do it.
>
> --
> Cheers
> David
>
>
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