"Even with documentation, the open source driver is not very fast because there just aren't enough volunteers."
IMHO we don't need more volunteers. We need more full time workers here. Graphics hardware is very hard, low rewards, very low level and very taxing for your health(it is not healthy to be in front of a screen all day doing nothing but solving errors, and seeing new errors appear).
Only students are smart enough and willing to do the necessary work because they learn a lot.
But as experienced students get hired, they are not going to continue contributing as they program enough in their real job. If they do, the time that they dedicate is nothing compared with a pro.
I would love to see some kind of partnership where it's not Microsoft or Apple or Oracle engaging in curriculum-capture (cf. regulatory capture) with universities, but open-source software.
IMHO we don't need more volunteers. We need more full time workers here. Graphics hardware is very hard, low rewards, very low level and very taxing for your health(it is not healthy to be in front of a screen all day doing nothing but solving errors, and seeing new errors appear).
Only students are smart enough and willing to do the necessary work because they learn a lot.
But as experienced students get hired, they are not going to continue contributing as they program enough in their real job. If they do, the time that they dedicate is nothing compared with a pro.