From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 16 10:48:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB97B16A401 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:48:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6670E13C457 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:48:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-10-135.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.10.135]:59836 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HS9zD-0001o0-4o for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:48:39 +0100 Received: (qmail 84076 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2007 11:48:34 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 16 Mar 2007 11:48:34 +0100 Received: (qmail 49633 invoked by uid 1001); 16 Mar 2007 11:48:34 +0100 Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:48:34 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Volker Message-ID: <20070316104834.GA49624@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Volker , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <45FA6FC8.8090606@vwsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45FA6FC8.8090606@vwsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HS9zD-0001o0-4o. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1HS9zD-0001o0-4o fb1fd15ba98e55536f3e92d82367bd38 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: open source graphics card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:48:40 -0000 On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:22:00AM +0100, Volker wrote: > Hi! > > I've followed the thread "don't buy ati products" not very closely > but one thing comes to mind: > > Years ago we've had a lot of card / chip manufacturers on the > market. When thinking about this currently really just two chip > manufacturers are coming into my mind. This is bad. > > It's probably a crazy idea but what about an open source graphics card? > > There are similar projects already like OsCar so the idea of open > source hardware development is not really new but probably exciting. > Aren't there any hw devs reading and motivated? > > Imagine a graphics chip with a BSD style license... ;) > > Just dreaming? You are not the first to have this idea. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Graphics_Project for information about one actual attempt to make such a card. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se