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Re:Linux kernel maintainer says no to AMDGPU patch by Nullabillity on Friday December 09, 2016 @09:05AM (#13138777)
> Furthermore, Nvidia can't ship their driver in the official Linux kernel

Nvidia has every ability to ship it, they just refuse to open it.

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Re:Linux kernel maintainer says no to AMDGPU patch by valdiorn on Friday December 09, 2016 @09:27AM (#13138897)
probably rightfully so, if this is the sort of welcome they'd get.
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Re:Linux kernel maintainer says no to AMDGPU patch by pif on Friday December 09, 2016 @10:00AM (#13139064)
Opening their driver's code is different from merging it into the kernel source.
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Re:Linux kernel maintainer says no to AMDGPU patch by Kubuxu on Friday December 09, 2016 @10:13AM (#13139137)
There is huge difference between opening code and merging it to the Linux kernel.
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