On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:15:04 -0200, nemesis wrote:

> Hmm, playing dirty, huh?  Is it just the case of the 3D video cards or
> also other kinds of hardware?...

Divio is one that I've had to deal with; they manufacture (or 
manufactured) the CCD chip in some of the older Logitech Quickcams.  I 
happen to own one of those.

Divio refuses to open the spec, so the only Linux driver effort (which is 
now dead, AFAIK) is a development of the 'nw802' and 'nw8xx' drivers done 
entirely through reverse engineering using a USB sniffer.

I've also heard that some of the newer HP laserjet printers don't have 
open specs so there aren't drivers yet for them.  That one I haven't 
confirmed, just have heard about.

And don't get me started on BroadCom's idea of open source support....

Jim

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