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Alejandro Nova · 08-19-10, 02:21 PM

I think this is about licensing. After all, we are talking about an opensource-with-some-closed-source-blobs Intel driver trying to send pixmaps to be processed by Optimus. Does GPL apply here?

If it applies in some form, then we are screwed and Optimus won't happen under Linux unless the Nouveau guys implement it.

08-19-10, 02:21 PM	#11
Alejandro Nova Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 26	Re: No Optimus support means NO Nvidia at all or no dynamic switching? I think this is about licensing. After all, we are talking about an opensource-with-some-closed-source-blobs Intel driver trying to send pixmaps to be processed by Optimus. Does GPL apply here? If it applies in some form, then we are screwed and Optimus won't happen under Linux unless the Nouveau guys implement it.