Google Is Successfully Using The Open-Source Qualcomm GL/VLK Drivers On Chromebooks

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Google Is Successfully Using The Open-Source Qualcomm GL/VLK Drivers On Chromebooks

It's been known that Google has been using the open-source "MSM" DRM/KMS driver on Qualcomm-powered devices that originally started out as a reverse-engineered driver project separate from the company. Now it's also been confirmed how Google is successfully using the open-source Mesa Freedreno OpenGL and TURNIP Vulkan drivers on Qualcomm-powered Chromebooks too...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chromebooks-Mesa-QLCM

[uid313]

Hopefully Google can pressure Qualcomm into either open sourcing or contributing to the open source drivers.

[doomie]

Fascinating

[kylew77]

As much money as Google has they can't persuade Qualcomm to release some documentation to make a better driver?

[tildearrow]

Yes please. Even Dolphin Emulator devs marked the Qualcomm proprietary driver as horrible and the open-source drivers as excellent.

[mb_q]

Is there any ARM chromebook you can actually buy and put a bare-metal custom linux install on it?

[DrYak]

Is there any ARM chromebook you can actually buy and put a bare-metal custom linux install on it?

PineBook Pro by Pine64, and it comes with the bare-metal custom linux pre-installed (Manjaro ARM), but it's build with less high-range chipset than the current article (it uses Rockchip chipset which is supported by Mesa's Panfrost).

Hopefully the current Adreno and Turnip will also encourage other constructors to build Qualcom-based similar machines, too...

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Is there any ARM chromebook you can actually buy and put a bare-metal custom linux install on it?

It's seems like Linux can be installed on Lenovo Chromebook Duet, but I have yet to see manual that describe such setup

[Vistaus]

PineBook Pro by Pine64

Never knew that Pine had a Chromebook……

I mean: you're right that it's a good ARM laptop, but the person was asking for an ARM Chromebook.

[r1348]

Never knew that Pine had a Chromebook……

I mean: you're right that it's a good ARM laptop, but the person was asking for an ARM Chromebook.

What do you call an ARM Chromebook that doesn't run ChromeOS?