Raspberry Pi To Get Firmware Driver In Linux 4.3, Closer To DRM Driver Support

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67177
    #1

    Raspberry Pi To Get Firmware Driver In Linux 4.3, Closer To DRM Driver Support

    Phoronix: Raspberry Pi To Get Firmware Driver In Linux 4.3, Closer To DRM Driver Support

    The Raspberry Pi crew is looking to add a firmware driver for their hardware to the Linux 4.3 kernel...

    Raspberry Pi To Get Firmware Driver In Linux 4.3, Closer To DRM Driver Support - Phoronix
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  • lovenemesis
    Phoronix Member
    • May 2013
    • 85
    #2
    Still new to RPi2 land.

    Is the VC4 VPU the only reason for a separate distrusted firmware to get RPi2 working with a Linux kernel?
    Any other part that needs a blob to work?

    With this firmware being accepted in DRM, does it mean the RPi2 should start working with any kernel verion 4.3+?

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    • caligula
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2014
      • 3314
      #3
      I'm also interested in the consequences here. RPi has required some custom kernel. Does the mainline kernel work in the future?

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      • libv
        X.Org Developer
        • May 2007
        • 564
        #4
        So the display engine is still under full control of the binary blob? After all this time? Wow. Well done RPI foundation.

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