[$] FPGAs and free software

The problems with field-programmablegate arrays (FPGAs) is not exactly an obvious talk topic for agraphics-related conference like the 2019 X.Org Developers Conference (XDC). BenWidawsky acknowledged that, but said that he sees parallels in thesituation with FPGA support in the free-software world and the situation withgraphics hardware support in the past. It is his hope that the tools fordeveloping with FPGAs can make the same journey that graphics drivers havemade over the last two decades or so.