From: Tristan Wibberley <bloater@ps.cus.umist.ac.uk>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:26:32 +0000 (GMT)

Re: STB and S3 tech specs

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Jon M. Taylor wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Jos Hulzink wrote:
> > 
> > > * Creative Labs (we got someone working there on binary only drivers)
> > 
> > Maybe it might come to pass, that when Jon has written nice minimal KGI
> > drivers, Creative could persuade the chip manufacturers to allow them to
> > release the source code. Even if it means ripping out most of the
> > comments.
> 
> 	I'll try, but I wouldn't count on it except maybe for the 2D 
> stuff like nVidia did.

Fortunately, you only need to let userspace give instructions of which
registers to do what to. All you'd end up releasing is details of
initialisation, mode setting, some 2D, and which registers cannot be
safely played with.

This may be some comfort to chip producers (I hope). But still, no - I
wouldn't count on it :(

Even if you can't get KGI driver source release (especially if?), I know
you'll do us proud :)

--
Tristan