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| Intel's new Clover Trail chip will support Android, Linux |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by lemur2 on 2012-09-19 21:44:37 |
| Clover Trail will get Linux and Android support after all. "Intel has plans for another version of this platform directed at Linux/Android; however we are not commenting on the platform specifics or market segments at this time. Stay tuned," Intel told ZDBet. |
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| Comment by Gusar |
| By Gusar on 2012-09-19 22:18:39 |
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The GPU is PowerVR, no doubt the Linux driver will be as half-assed as the CedarView driver. So no thanks, I'll skip Clover Trail entirely. I'm waiting for ValleyView: An out-of-order execution Atom CPU and an Ivy Bridge based GPU (gen7) which is all Intel's and as such will have a fully open-source driver. Now that's the stuff :) Edited 2012-09-19 22:20 UTC |
 - Score: 8 |
| "Another version" of this platform... |
| By Wodenhelm on 2012-09-20 05:29:03 |
| Does that mean they still intend to lock out Linux off the main version, to prevent conversion? |
| - Score: 0 |
| RE: Comment by Gusar |
| By moondevil on 2012-09-20 06:45:49 |
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This is no different than most Android tablets and handsets. In most of them the GPU and WiFi drivers are not open source. |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By bitwelder on 2012-09-20 06:51:14 |
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To me, it sounds like they are throwing a bone at Linux/Android world, but just so Linuxers cannot cry foul. In the meanwhile, they'll proceed doing bu$ine$$ with Microsoft. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE[2]: Comment by Gusar |
| By 0brad0 on 2012-09-20 06:53:31 |
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> This is no different than most Android tablets and handsets. In most of them the GPU and WiFi drivers are not open source. It says Linux / Android. That's not the case for Linux. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE[2]: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-09-20 07:04:26 |
| I wonder why, why do they care what OS runs on their CPUs? The more that do the more that Intel sells. |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE: "Another version" of this platform... |
| By lemur2 on 2012-09-20 08:06:30 |
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> Does that mean they still intend to lock out Linux off the main version, to prevent conversion? I would have thought it meant that Intel has plans to release another version of the Clover Trail platform with the same CPU but with an Intel GPU rather than a PowerVR GPU. Intel could then provide open source drivers for Linux (and hence Android) for such a variant. This is just speculation on my part, however. Edited 2012-09-20 08:07 UTC |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: Comment by Gusar |
| By fithisux on 2012-09-20 08:43:07 |
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> The GPU is PowerVR, no doubt the Linux driver will be as half-assed as the CedarView driver. So no thanks, I'll skip Clover Trail entirely. I'm waiting for ValleyView: An out-of-order execution Atom CPU and an Ivy Bridge based GPU (gen7) which is all Intel's and as such will have a fully open-source driver. Now that's the stuff :) Agree. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE[3]: Comment by Gusar |
| By moondevil on 2012-09-20 09:30:54 |
| Linux is just a kernel, which also happens to be used in Android. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[2]: Comment by Gusar |
| By christian on 2012-09-20 10:05:35 |
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> This is no different than most Android tablets and handsets. In most of them the GPU and WiFi drivers are not open source. The difference is that the GPU/WiFi BLOB used with other platforms on Android actually work. The PowerVR ones don't for most people. There is nothing inherently technically wrong with BLOB based drivers. I have no problems using NVidia drivers, they work great, and they're well maintained with current kernel versions. It's just Intel's PowerVR based GPUs are appallingly supported by Intel. |
| - Score: 3 |
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