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0 pointschinhodado8y ago0 comments

> If ARM really cared, GPU stuff would be open source. The fact it isn't pretty strong indication they don't. Don't just accept it when lawyers say no.

Easy for you to say, harder when millions to hundreds of millions are at stake.

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throwaway20488y ago

Its always easier to be an armchair critic, but I bet there are more than hundreds of millions waiting for whoever can de-crappify the embedded ARM driver ecosystem.

Especially when this crap is at the root of why virtually every embedded linux product has serious security flaws that never get fixed. You cant update the kernel if you cant update the drivers.

jordskott8y ago

If there is a reason on why ARM's GPU drivers are not updated on your device, it's hardly ARM's fault. ARM doesn't ship the SoC or the device directly to you, it ships it to the OEM. And it's the OEM who states the agreements.

If you want to blame someone, starting by blaming the OEM.

throwaway20488y ago

ARM still writes the drivers for the chip and then dosent update or open them up. Not much OEMs can do about that.

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FireBeyond8y ago

> but I bet there are more than hundreds of millions waiting for whoever can de-crappify the embedded ARM driver ecosystem.

Hyperbole much? 7 billion people on the planet, and "more than hundreds of millions" of them are waiting with bated breath for the "de-crappification of the embedded ARM driver ecosystem"?!?

tux19688y ago

I think you'll find the hundreds of millions in question were dollars, not people.

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throwaway20488y ago

Its always easier to be an armchair critic, but I bet there are more than hundreds of millions waiting for whoever can de-crappify the embedded ARM driver ecosystem.

Especially when this crap is at the root of why virtually every embedded linux product has serious security flaws that never get fixed. You cant update the kernel if you cant update the drivers.

jordskott8y ago

If you want to blame someone, starting by blaming the OEM.

throwaway20488y ago

ARM still writes the drivers for the chip and then dosent update or open them up. Not much OEMs can do about that.

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FireBeyond8y ago

> but I bet there are more than hundreds of millions waiting for whoever can de-crappify the embedded ARM driver ecosystem.

Hyperbole much? 7 billion people on the planet, and "more than hundreds of millions" of them are waiting with bated breath for the "de-crappification of the embedded ARM driver ecosystem"?!?

tux19688y ago

I think you'll find the hundreds of millions in question were dollars, not people.

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