On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Adrien Destugues <adestugu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I can work on it (after all, its more related to my school courses than > i18n). I already did write drivers for the hardware I have access to. > This is the locking problem here, more than on other issues : we need a > dev with both knowledge and hardware. > > Personally, I would rank video drivers higher than ARM port on my > wishlist ; so it would make sense that the NPO funds buying video > cards. I wholeheartedly agree that funding hardware is something that makes sense... although the "bang-for-buck" factor could be questionable in the case of ARM - but the ARM port is also clearly not an R1 target :) I think deciding what hardware to purchase is the hard part. Intel video, for example, pretty much requires purchase of an entire machine or mainboard - whereas most of the decent AMD/NVidia hardware can be purchased independently (with the exception of the integrated-only chipsets, which are probably the most common out there). So, what can we do to setup a hardware purchase plan? Perhaps we can start with driver developers stating what hardware they already have access to, and what hardware they would like to obtain? Once we have a list, we can either work out a donate/loaner program and/or a purchase program where the NPO helps out (maybe even for loaner shipping). I'd personally be willing to loan or purchase an Atom D510 board/machine for someone to work on the Intel N10 chipset support - but living in the U.S. makes the shipping somewhat cost-prohibitive in my case. I wonder what it costs to ship one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121399 My local Frys is often offering slightly-older Nvidia and AMD graphics boards for nearly free after rebate - I've purchased several over the years. Shipping them off to people who are willing to work on drivers is something I would jump on in a heartbeat. - Urias