Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:53:47 +0100 | From | Jonathan Masters <> | Subject | Re: RealMagic DVD-cards |
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OK.
Why don't we ask the guys at veiled.net for assistance. They were successful with the ATI petition which was run via veiled. Just a thought.
Hirsim{ki Mika wrote:
> > I mailed to Sigma Designs, and asked are they going to support Linux. The > > answer was: 'we are doing some researching" or something like that.. > > Yep. I mailed them as well and got the same reply. To me it > sounds like: "We are not going to write a Linux driver unless > hordes of screaming customers tell us to do so right now, so > bugger off!" > > When I pressed the matter further by asking about the > availability of the specifications so that I could start > working on a driver myself, the answer was blunt: "sorry, > they are classified. you'll have to wait until the drivers > are ready." > > I've understood that the decryption of the DVD-signal is > handled on the hardware level so encryption cannot be the > reason for them to withhold the card's programming specs. > > Petition time, anyone? > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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