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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:46:41 +0200
From: Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il>
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To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Small PCI core patch
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Jon Smirl wrote:

>1) Live in 1998. What happens in five years R200's are no longer
>available, fallback to VGA?
>
>2) Temporarily accept the ugly drivers. Let desktop development
>continue. Work hard on getting the vendors to see the light and go
>open source.
>
>3) Use Linux on the server and run Mac or Windows on your desktop.
>
>  
>
4) Write a translation layer (for xorg or the kernel) that can load 
Windows drivers. Use binary translation for non-x86. Hope the APIs are 
not patented.
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