On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 08:46 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Mar 10, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > > > The firmware used for 3D acceleration in the r128 (ATI Rage 128), radeon > > (ATI Radeon) and mga (Matrox G200/G400/G550) drivers is non-free and > > will be moved from the linux-image packages into a new firmware-linux > > package starting with Linux 2.6.29. > Do you know about any 3D card having a free firmware? Because I know > none. > The difference is that these cards do not waste on-board flash for it > and have it uploaded by the host. > > > The free drivers for Intel and Nvidia graphics hardware should support > > 3D acceleration without the need for non-free firmware. I'm not sure > I am quite sure that this is not correct. Indeed it is not correct. I can't speak for ATI(AMD) or Intel (I believe Intels are free but unsure about 3D). I can, however, speak for Nvidia. There is a long history of non-cooperation between NVidia and the Free Software community. Currently there is a Free implementation of a driver for NVidia cards called "nv"[1] which only supports rendering 2D. However the "Nouveau"[2] is a Free implementation for 3D support for some cards. [1]: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/nv [2]: http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ --- /*********************************************************************** *INTERESTING FACT: * * GNU/Linux is a state of the art, fully featured Operating System * * with your freedom bundled inside. Boasting lightning fast * * startup times; intrinsic security designed from the start; * * amazing eye candy and 3D effects; thousands of people all around * * the world working on such things as documentation and code every day.* * Best of all it's free. * * Value your freedom? * * Visit fsf.org & badvista.org * ***********************************************************************/ My System: Description: Ubuntu 8.04.2 Release: 8.04 GNU/Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686 My website: https://launchpad.net/~james-collier412 www.morerowdy.blogspot.com Public key available from: http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/ Free Software Foundation Associate Member #6883 Become an associate member yourself: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=6883 Started: Tue Mar 10 18:54:50 EST 2009
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