AFAICT the terminology is as follows:
vc4: the kernel driver for all generations of VideoCores
vc4: ...and the same name is, confusingly,...
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brent replied to BCM2711 / Raspberry Pi 4 Support Still Being Worked On For Open-Source Display Driverin X.Org & DRMLast edited by brent; 05-28-2020, 09:10 AM. -
brent replied to BCM2711 / Raspberry Pi 4 Support Still Being Worked On For Open-Source Display Driverin X.Org & DRMYes, the VideoCore still exists. But please stop calling it a GPU, it's basically a general-purpose DSP....Leave a comment:
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brent replied to BCM2711 / Raspberry Pi 4 Support Still Being Worked On For Open-Source Display Driverin X.Org & DRMI think it's important to note that this is just about ARM-side support for *display outputs*. The VC4/V3D driver has been mainline for quite a while....Leave a comment:
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This "soft recovery" thing might be big. Basic GPU resets already work quite reliably, but a reset invalidates associated GPU contexts and all...Leave a comment:
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Yawn. This gets repeated ad nauseam for some reason, but again, this is WRONG, of course. X has all the tools needed required for efficient video decode...Leave a comment:
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X support doesn't really matter at this point. The video decode acceleration is ridiculously bad/unfinished, unfortunately. It works, but for some reason...Leave a comment:
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