I have r3p0 working fine. I just had my final try on this: http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=53&page=5#firstpost I finally gave up and followed your advice.
BR, @lex On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 6:09:19 AM UTC-3, Siarhei Siamashka wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:39:17 +0200 > Simos Xenitellis <simos...@googlemail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Siarhei Siamashka < > > siarhei....@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:17:00 -0700 (PDT) > > > Andrew Kosteltsev <koste...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > > среда, 18 марта 2015 г., 12:13:05 UTC+3 пользователь Siarhei > Siamashka > > > > написал: > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:50:20 +0300 > > > > > "Dmitriy B." <rzk...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 2015-03-18 11:36 GMT+03:00 Siarhei Siamashka < > siarhei....@gmail.com > > > > > <javascript:>>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:14:59 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > "@lex" <alex....@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to have r3p2 version of the Mali driver for my > cb2, > > > and > > > > > i > > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > followed the sunxi-linux instructions and ended up with > r3p0. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The r3p0 mali driver should provide you with a functional > OpenGL ES > > > > > > > implementation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i have found the tutorial to use the recent mali r3p2 but i > am > > > not > > > > > sure > > > > > > > how > > > > > > > > to proceed. > > > > > > > > I am using sunxi-linux kernel 3.4.103 but i don`t know if it > has > > > > > r3p2 > > > > > > > mali > > > > > > > > driver, can someone help how to get r3p2 compiled? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And how to get mali-r3p2-support branch of the > xf86-video-fbturbo > > > > > xorg? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Appreciate any help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The r3p0 and r3p2 mali binary blobs are a little bit buggy. > > > Moreover, > > > > > > > they are buggy in different ways and require different sets of > > > > > > > workarounds. "Officially" supporting them both would be an > extra > > > > > > > hassle. Moving exclusively to r3p2 is not totally painless > either. > > > > > > > There needs to be a very good reason to do this work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any chances to test r4pX and r5p0 coming from ODROID community? > > > > > > > > > > It would be best if we could get up to date Mali binaries from > > > > > Allwinner. I suspect that the ODROID blobs have an EULA, which > forbids > > > > > us to use them. > > > > > > > > Mali Binaries for development xf86-video-fbturbo you can find here > > > > http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=4956 > > > > > > As their EULA says, we are not allowed to use these binaries: > > > > > > "Hardkernel hereby grants Licensee a limited, non-exclusive, > > > non-transferable, irrevocable, restricted right to use the Software in > > > object code form only on the Computer System solely for the purpose of > > > developing application software for Hardkernel devices using the > > > Samsung Exynos 4412 System-on-a-Chip." > > > > > > > The wording here either reflects a requirement from ARM or a decision by > > Hardkernel > > to limit the distribution of these binaries. > > For Allwinner SoCs, there are GPUs from either ARM or ImgTec. > > How should the wording be, so that such binaries would be usable in > > projects like fbturbo? > > Are there any examples of such acceptable EULAs? > > The old binary driver from the Raspberry Pi at least has a usable > license, which allows redistribution and use of the driver: > > https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/LICENCE.broadcom > > https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/hardfp/opt/vc/LICENCE > > Regarding Mali drivers, please also have a look at the following post > (and the Linaro's reply to it): > https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-dev/2014-July/017352.html > > But the license is just one of the annoyances. As I mentioned before, > there are some recurring reliability issues too. Trying to keep up with > the new binary blob releases is a fool's errand (of course, unless it's > a paid job). > > The http://linux-sunxi.org/Mali_binary_driver page describes how to > install and use the old r3p0 version of the mali binary driver. And it > works. There is very little point wasting any additional efforts on it. > > -- > Best regards, > Siarhei Siamashka > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
