linuxaudio.org

On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 09:29 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

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> Note

> however that there is *no* debate that there are Open Source zealots

> all over these lists who revel in telling people they are simply

> *wrong* for using closed source drivers no matter what the reason.

> Again, there is no way for me to know where anyone comes down on that

> subject unless they make their person views known. 

Understood.  I for one am coming from a 100% technical POV and dislike

zealotry and people who make free software a political/religious issue.
The point is not whether the ATI driver is likely to work, or whether

you should be using it - it's only that for the specific purpose of

kernel debugging, closed source drivers cannot be present for purely

technical reasons.
Lee