The "Bloody Mess" That Is Intel's Poulsbo Driver

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 31, 2009 @08:40AM from the how-not-to dept.

AdamWill writes "Phoronix writes about the mess that is the Linux support situation for Intel's new graphics chipset, the GMA 500 — aka Poulsbo. Near the end they refer to my own post on the topic ('Okay, so after a whole day spent bashing around at this crap, I can very confidently and conclusively say, it's utterly broken'). Intel has a reputation as one of the most clued-up open source-friendly hardware companies, but if they can't sort out the mess surrounding the driver for this chipset — which is already used on the Dell Mini 12 and Sony Vaio P, and will be used on many future Intel-based systems — that reputation will take a serious hit."

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Bloody Mess by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-31 08:44 · Score: 4, Funny

It must be that time of the month for intel....
1. Re:Bloody Mess by awrz · 2009-01-31 09:56 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Oh wait. Read that wrong. I thought that gave them +5% damage and gory dismemberment when an enemy is killed in VATS.
  My bad.
  
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BUILD YOUR OWN by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-31 09:11 · Score: 2, Funny

You mean you're not using open source chips?
Re:You are correct when it comes to 3D performance by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-31 09:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Quake is not a game. It is a murder simulator.
Re:You are correct when it comes to 3D performance by _Sprocket_ · 2009-01-31 10:45 · Score: 4, Funny

No. Quake is not a game. It is a network performance analyzer.