Adreno 660 GPU Support Landing For Linux 5.14

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Adreno 660 GPU Support Landing For Linux 5.14

The MSM DRM driver changes have been submitted to DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 5.14 cycle for improving this open-source Qualcomm Adreno kernel graphics/display driver...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.14-A660-Landing

[schmidtbag]

FAKE NEWS! BLOATWARE!
Sorry, knee-jerk reaction to seeing MSM and DRM.

(I'm not that kind of guy anyway)



In all seriousness, this is actually good news.

[Lanz]

It'd be great if Google would use these drivers on Android.

[robclark]

It'd be great if Google would use these drivers on Android.

well, they are at least used on ChromeOS, so that's a start ;-)

[Lanz]

well, they are at least used on ChromeOS, so that's a start ;-)

I did not know that. That certainly is progress. It'd be such a boon to Android gaming to have these drivers and all of the capabilities, especially debugging, that Mesa offers. I can only imagine the hacks found in mobile games to get around zaney Qualcomm bugs.