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

[phoronix]

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...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Run-Upstream-V3D-Raspberry-Pi

[timofonic]

I wonder why don't they provide it directly.

[macemoneta]

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.

[timofonic]

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

[OneTimeShot]

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?

[coder]

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.

[slalomsk8er]

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?

[coder]

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.

[baka0815]

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

[Michael]

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.