Linux Graphics Drivers: A Silver Lining

Friday, August 11. 2006

You probably already heard that AMD performed the acquisition of ATI. InfoWorld has an article, where AMD talks about this. The usual blabla you expect from a story like that, but the very interesting can be found in the last paragraph:
Lastly, and remember you heard it here, AMD is strongly considering open-sourcing at least a functional subset of ATI’s graphics drivers. It’s time for X Window System, OpenGL, and client virtualization for which ATI binary drivers aren’t available to escape the ghetto of the 1980s-era framebuffer. And what a boon for PR. If AMD’s graphics cards were the only ones with open device drivers, it might affect a buying decision or two.
Although the question remains, what we can expect from a functional subset, this raises the hope for a fully functional open source driver for a top notch graphic card. Go for it, AMD!

Posted by Carsten Schlipf Filed under IT, Linux.
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