On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 10:17 -0300, Alvaro Kuolas wrote:
I'm just mad, because the TNT2 is 7 years old, they don't sell it anymore and yet they can't release the datasheet of that chip.
Who says? First off, nVidia _released_ 2D _and_ 3D/GLX drivers in the XFree86 3.3.x time-frame for the NV0x series -- _including_ the TNT2 and original GeForce! The UtahGLX project (among a few others) then released basic GLX drivers for it. It's not nVidia's fault that the open source community hasn't kept up those drivers. Secondly, nVidia is _very_open_ with the 2D, codec and other features of the chip. And they have published _some_ 3D interfaces. But when it comes to releasing the software that the memory/interconnect management, and more modern OpenGL/GLX capability, no, they haven't released that _software_.
But: What about Riva 128? Riva still holds "IP" from other companies?
Riva128 was _never_ supported by nVidia's unified driver. _Only_ NV-series.
3dfx released a lot of datasheets on it's last breath (I have them, they are on dri.fredesktop.org). Well, in 20 years they will have no excuse!!! Right?
No, the _community_ has "no excuse"! The nVidia code is _available_ for the NV0x chips! -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Americans don't get upset because citizens in some foreign nations can burn the American flag -- Americans get upset because citizens in those same nations can't burn their own