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Originally Posted by pholy
Except that the Linux folks have made a tradition of keeping old hardware going with up-to-date software...
I would take up the Sony challenge if I could get a PRS-505 for not too much money. They seem to be going for around $300 on Ebay, that's too rich for me.
I have 30+ years of C programming, real-time and embedded systems, and I'm about ready to stop fighting management-imposed deadlines.
PS - Even if the chips are proprietary, they have to release the GPL code for the drivers and kernel. It shouldn't be impossible.
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Let's not get over our heads now. They keep old hardware running with software that is still avaiable... in most cases that software isn't up-to-date.
i don't think they need to release de code for the drivers if it is custom build. This is what nvidia and ati have done for their vga drivers. Those are proprietary drivers working under linux.