On 9/22/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 09:29 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Note
> > however that there is *no* debate that there are Open Source zealots
> > all over these lists who revel in telling people they are simply
> > *wrong* for using closed source drivers no matter what the reason.
> > Again, there is no way for me to know where anyone comes down on that
> > subject unless they make their person views known.
>
> Understood. I for one am coming from a 100% technical POV and dislike
> zealotry and people who make free software a political/religious issue.
>
> The point is not whether the ATI driver is likely to work, or whether
> you should be using it - it's only that for the specific purpose of
> kernel debugging, closed source drivers cannot be present for purely
> technical reasons.
>
> Lee
Understood. Thanks. If the radeon driver continues to work then I'd be
happy to use it. Currently I have no errors but I do have warnings
about DRM support for Radeon 9500 and higher. Probably not a big deal
for me.
Now, if I Can find some time I'll try to report 2.6.18-rt3 not booting.
- Mark
Received on Fri Sep 22 20:15:04 2006
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