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  • Running The Open-Source Upstream V3D Driver On The Raspberry Pi 4 & Newer

    Phoronix: Running The Open-Source Upstream V3D Driver On The Raspberry Pi 4 & Newer

    As of this summer the upstream, open-source Broadcom V3D direct rendering manager kernel driver has enabled support for the Raspberry Pi 4 (and newer). With the latest mainline Linux kernel builds this means the ability to enjoy accelerated graphics on the Raspberry Pi hardware paired with the latest Mesa OpenGL/Vulkan driver code without worrying about out-of-tree patches...

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  • #2
    I wonder why don't they provide it directly.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by timofonic View Post
      I wonder why don't they provide it directly.
      They will, eventually. Moving to a fully open source distribution is one of the stated goals as part of their educational objective.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by macemoneta View Post

        They will, eventually. Moving to a fully open source distribution is one of the stated goals as part of their educational objective.
        I'll believe it and use it when they do it

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        • #5
          Originally posted by timofonic View Post

          I'll believe it and use it when they do it
          Well Mesa releases four times a year, so you’ll presumably get it by the end of the year?

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          • #6
            Okay, I'll bite. What's the "& Newer" all about? Was that explicitly mentioned in a patch? If so, I guess that would confirm they're sticking with VideoCore for the Pi 5's GPU.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by coder View Post
              Okay, I'll bite. What's the "& Newer" all about? Was that explicitly mentioned in a patch? If so, I guess that would confirm they're sticking with VideoCore for the Pi 5's GPU.
              Currently I think the Raspberry Pi 400​ and CM4 count as & Newer?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by slalomsk8er View Post
                Currently I think the Raspberry Pi 400​ and CM4 count as & Newer?
                Don't they use the same SoC? It only counts as "newer" if it's not the same as in the original Pi 4.

                From what I can see, they all use the BCM2711, though the 400 uses a C0 stepping. It seems extremely unlikely that any significant design changes would be introduced in a stepping, rather than a new model number.

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                • #9
                  Michael
                  Any benchmarks planned to compare the different Pis? The new Orange Pi 5 seems to be interesting price wise, f. e.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by baka0815 View Post
                    Michael
                    Any benchmarks planned to compare the different Pis? The new Orange Pi 5 seems to be interesting price wise, f. e.
                    No, I don't have any of the other non-RPi ones.
                    Michael Larabel
                    https://www.michaellarabel.com/

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