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x3n wrote: |
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> Why have you unmask the xorg-x11 7.1 ebuild if neither NVIDIA, neither |
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> ATI have released a driver compatible with this version ? I think that |
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> today, there a lot and lot of users with nv or ati cards... |
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> Perhaps you know when nvidia will released the new driver ? |
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Your last question answers your first. I have absolutely no idea when |
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Nvidia or ATi will deign to release compatible drivers. I'm not about to |
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sit back and let things rot because IHVs are essentially slacking off |
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and won't even commit to a timetable on when things will work. The ABI |
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breakage has been known for months by people working for both companies, |
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but they've failed to provide updated drivers. |
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All of the open-source drivers are compatible, and I'm aware of only a |
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small number of cases in which binary drivers support hardware |
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open-source drivers do not (ATi X1000 and up). |
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Imagine a world in which the Linux kernel was only released after every |
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single vendor providing a third-party binary driver validated that it |
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worked with that kernel version. You'd never get anything done, and |
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people would never get new software. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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