Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:27:05 +1000 | Subject | Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component | From | Dave Airlie <> |
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On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Magnus Wendt <magnus.wendt@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2010/7/2 Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> >> >> ARM Mali - not sure what is going on there, I;m going to go with no >> hope but would be nice to be proved wrong > > So far no user space but at least kernel space is available under GPLv2 > > http://www.malideveloper.com/drivers.php >
So its as crap as the others since the kernel space is uninteresting and doesn't give you any idea how to actually use the GPU, its just a slightly intelligent shim which transfers command streams and interrupt to/from gpu/userspace.
Its like having an ELF loader but no source to the compiler or linker, and saying the CPU is open.
Dave.
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