Suggestion: Open Source the Mac Drivers

mastahype · 06-27-2010, 06:39 PM

It seems DisplayLink is pretty busy but not able to quickly resolve this Macbook lid sleep issue among others (the biggest issue in my opinion). I suggest DisplayLink make the drivers open source so those of us that have the capability to fix the code can help improve the turnaround time for issues. I imagine DL has a reference design that is licensed by all the vendors making the devices, so I can't see why there would be a problem with opening up the source code to the community. It's not as if the drivers are being sold. I think this would really help a lot. I'll be posting my crash logs in another thread.

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06-27-2010, 06:39 PM	#1
mastahype Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 27	Suggestion: Open Source the Mac Drivers It seems DisplayLink is pretty busy but not able to quickly resolve this Macbook lid sleep issue among others (the biggest issue in my opinion). I suggest DisplayLink make the drivers open source so those of us that have the capability to fix the code can help improve the turnaround time for issues. I imagine DL has a reference design that is licensed by all the vendors making the devices, so I can't see why there would be a problem with opening up the source code to the community. It's not as if the drivers are being sold. I think this would really help a lot. I'll be posting my crash logs in another thread.