The Linux-Lima DRM Driver For ARM Mali Hooks Up To The AMDGPU Scheduler

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Linux-Lima DRM Driver For ARM Mali Hooks Up To The AMDGPU Scheduler

After writing yesterday about the Broadcom VC5 DRM driver potentially re-using the AMDGPU scheduler code, a Phoronix reader pointed out that the out-of-tree Linux-Lima driver has begun using this scheduler too...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Lima-AMDGPU-Driver

[simburde]

Michael, there's no Mali-500 GPU. The driver is developed for Mali-400/450.

[Vistaus]

Michael, there's no Mali-500 GPU. The driver is developed for Mali-400/450.

There's V500 though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_(GPU)#V500

[simburde]

There's V500 though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_(GPU)#V500

That's VPU, not GPU :-)

[willmore]

It's the right day to talk about a Mali driver.

[maciejjo]

By the way, mesa code is already rebased on 18.0 release

[Holograph]

Is this going to cause slowdowns in the scheduler because there will now be compromises in the code to make it work for these second-class citizens?