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Making a RPi equivalent would require a GPU with Linux support, I don't see any sign that RISC-V chip vendors are able to do this. Building a desktop system wi
by rjsw 5y ago
Making a RPi equivalent would require a GPU with Linux support, I don't see any sign that RISC-V chip vendors are able to do this.
Building a desktop system with a PCIe graphics card would be easier.
- Narishma 5y agoIsn't Imgtec doing that?
- rjsw 5y agoWhere can I get the source code for PowerVR kernel drm code from?
- snvzz 5y agohttps://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Open-Source-PowerVR-Vulkan https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Open-Sou...
- Narishma 5y agoNowhere because it's not available yet. They only made a few announcements.
- snvzz 5y agoThis has since changed. They've released a DRM/DRI driver.
- ColonelPhantom 5y agoThere actually exists at least one GPL-licensed GPU core (GPLGPU), but it's based on a 90s PC 3D accelerator that's really just not that good. I believe the team behind LibreSOC is also working on a 3D processor, but I don't know how far along they are. However, if a vendor instead ships a decent framebuffer and high-performance vector unit, I think LLVMpipe would not be a problem for most RPi-equivalent use cases, either light desktop use or server use (especially the latter!)