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Qualcomm Snapdragon open-source efforts prove frustrating
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| Qualcomm has found itself unwittingly
| annoying the open-source community by posting
| the source code for OpenGL ES 2D/3D Linux
| kernel driver for its Snapdragon chipset, as
| found in the Nexus One, Dell Streak and many
| other devices. However, while the kernel
| driver is open-source, Qualcommâs user-space
| driver remains closed; that prompted David
| Airlie, who maintains the DRM for the Linux
| kernel at Red Hat, to tell Qualcomm â and
| anyone else considering doing the same half-
| hearted thing â âIf you arenât going to
| create an open userspace driver (either MIT
| or LGPL) then donât waste time submitting a
| kernel driver to me.â
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http://www.slashgear.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-open-source-efforts-prove-frustrating-0292665/
Open Source 3D Driver for Snapdragon Released
http://androidspin.com/2010/07/02/open-source-3d-driver-for-snapdragon-released/
Recent:
Qualcomm Releases Open-Source 2D/3D Kernel Driver
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| If you happen to have Google's Nexus One or
| other phones based upon Qualcomm's Snapdragon
| processor, there is great news today.
| Qualcomm has just released an open-source
| 2D/3D kernel driver for their OpenGL ES
| graphics processor. This Qualcomm kernel
| driver provides support for interrupts,
| command streams, context switching, memory
| management, etc. Qualcomm is looking to push
| this code into the mainline Linux kernel
| ASAP.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODM4OA
Qualcomm's Open Kernel Driver Leads To A Dirty Mess
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| Well, it sounded nice when Qualcomm announced
| an open-source 2D/3D kernel driver for their
| Snapdragon platform that's used by phones
| like the Nexus One and Dell Streak, but it
| turns out that their user-space Linux driver
| that hooks into this kernel driver is
| currently a closed-source blob. This has led
| to the eternal debate about open-source
| kernel components but with only closed-source
| components.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODM4OQ
Qualcomm faces fresh EU inquiry
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| The new complaint, being looked at by the
| European Commission, comes from Icera, a UK
| rival, which claims that Qualcomm is using
| patent-related incentives to discourage
| customers from doing business with Icera.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/69d8661e-799d-11df-85be-00144feabdc0.html
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