RADV Supports Android Native Buffer, Increasing Likelihood Of Chrome/Android AMD Device

[phoronix]

Phoronix: RADV Supports Android Native Buffer, Increasing Likelihood Of Chrome/Android AMD Device

The open-source Mesa RADV Vulkan driver, RADV, now has patches for supporting VK_ANDROID_native_buffer...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RADV-VK_ANDROID_native_buffer

[Adarion]

If Chromebooks mean Coreboot and if they would bring some Zen(+) arch device to reality with full freedom stack - and combine that with a good keyboard (layout + key-switches) and good screen (IPS) and an SSD option and decent runtime, I'd probably insta-buy one.

[pipe13]

If Chromebooks mean Coreboot and if they would bring some Zen(+) arch device to reality with full freedom stack - and combine that with a good keyboard (layout + key-switches) and good screen (IPS) and an SSD option and decent runtime, I'd probably insta-buy one.

If it had an SSD option, it wouldn't be a Chromebook. Wrong business model.

[planetguy]

If it had an SSD option, it wouldn't be a Chromebook. Wrong business model.

Google has their Chromebook Pixel for $1000 US. Maybe they're angling for a Raven Ridge version of that?

[chithanh]

I think Google stopped making the Chromebook Pixel, no?

An AMD Chromebook like the HP Chromebook 13 G1, just with Raven Ridge instead of Intel and with NVMe SSD instead of eMMC would be great. Or at least anything else with high-resolution (QHD+) display in that price and weight range.

[ethana2]

I think Google stopped making the Chromebook Pixel, no?

No, it's just called the PixelBook now. Also I'm very happy about this driver change-- I had to ditch my Nexus 5 because the GPU driver wasn't FOSS and they stopped updating it. If I get a phone with Radeon graphics, maybe I can keep it for 5 years instead of having to get a new/used second-generation Nexus/Pixel every 2-- especially with the recent upstream establishment of LTS Linux releases.