And here's where we thank Intel, btw. They've done a truly wonderful job of getting code into the Linux kernel that I was able to use to open up chipset init for sandybridge, ivybridge, and haswell, A tip of the hat to Intel and Jesse Barnes especially for all they've done in that area.
So let's keep in mind, not everybody's perfect, and not everybody's a bad guy. There are some terrific people at Intel who've done some great things for open source drivers.
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