New OS development is DEAD until we get an open source GPU
And software rendering is shit a threadripper can barely run quake at 60 FPS
>>106484952we did not need open source CPUswhats the difference here
>>106484952Why? Just help develop ReactOS and you'll be able to use closed source Windows drivers.
>>106484960The instruction set is openly documented, anyone can talk directly to the CPU. Talking directly to the GPU is not possible.
>>106484952look at opensuse site what logo you see look at wendor what product has tick in linux support box
>>106484958This is utter bullshit: I was running quake at 1280x1024 resolution DOS DJGPP commercial version at 60fps with an Athlon 64 (20 years ago) and no 3d gpu
>>106484952It’s just Linux/DRM that sucks. The GNUmach at the core of the GNU/Hurd has native support for heterogeneous architectures with distributed share memory. Quite bitrotted that part, but I’m sure it could be resurrected as the basis of a sane open source GPU ecosystem
AMD GPUs are open source though. The problem is with software compatibility. How do you convince developers to support your OS natively?
>>106484978can't you use the open source drivers as a basis?
>>106485872yes, enjoy rewriting thousands of linux drivers to your new kernel because for some reason you want to start from scratch
>>106485872those aren't drivers but just shims.the actual gpu driver now resides in the gpu's firmware (gsp).https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/issues/19#issuecomment-1159767527
>>106485730i member being super exited for metal when i thought they were going to go the crossfire-but-driver-level-and-invisible-to-developers route. i was so disappointed in how everybody just believes the lie that its impossible.
>>106486746oops, mantle.
>>106484968NT5x does not support modern graphics cards. And even if you did make NT5x support modern gpus, it would ruin everything since the Vista graphics driver model removed all GDI acceleration functions. Without GDI acceleration the windowing system runs like utter shit since pcie is as slow as treacle.
>>106485872didn't geohot do that with tinygrad?
>>106485851Money and convenience. Money makes the world go round and round.
>>106486728> the actual gpu driver now resides in the gpu's firmware (gsp).Can I telnet into my GPU and ask it to draw lines snd whatnot?
