AMD apparently wants to set up a research group in Dresden not only to optimize Linux for its own processors, but also to integrate the requirements of the open operating system in the development process for future processor generations
According to the job description for the tool developer, this person will not only be developing Linux tools for AMD processors, but also helping optimize processors for Linux http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/72169
AMD's Linux research in Dresden
AMD plans to establish a global centre of competence for operating systems in Dresden. At the Operating System Research Center (OSRC), a team directed by Chris Schläger will be working with AMD's processor designers to "optimize future generations of AMD microprocessors for the requirements of modern operating systems."
Up to the beginning of the year, Schläger was the development head at Novell for SuSE Linux. http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/72178
AMD GCC RPMS
The AMD GCC rpms provide newer GCC compilers on Red Hat RHEL4 and SUSE SLES 9 systems than is provided by the native compiler on the system. SLES 10 provides a newer compiler so you will not need these rpms on that system.
This release provides the 4.1.1 version of GCC compiler and 2.16.91.0.7-8.4 of the binary utilities (linker, assembler). The binaries are stored under the directory /opt/amd/gnutools-4.1.1. To use them, add /opt/amd/gnutools-4.1.1/bin to your path ahead of /usr/bin, or execute the commands with a full pathname, such as /opt/amd/gnutools-4.1.1/bin/gcc. At the very least, you need to install the base compiler, libgcc, and binutils packages. http://developer.amd.com/downloads.jsp
Dokud AMD neuvolní ty ovladače jako open source nebo nedá k dispozici (ne pod NDA) alespoň specifikace ke svým kartám dostatečné k vytvoření nezávislých OS ovladačů, je pro tuto kartu jedinou konkurencí Intel.
AMD jasne pise, ze nemoze uvolnit vsetko, lebo cast je licencovane a majitelia licencii nesuhlasia so zverejnenim pod GPL, ale zvysok zdrojakov je uvolneny...
Treba teda len minimlizovat cudzie technologie
Pokud se mysli copyright, staci dodat dokumentaci a prepise se to, pokud se mysli patent, s trochou stesti a spoluprace od AMD to pujde vyhodit mimo jadro a pripojit bezpecnym rozhrannim ...