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> Overall, it feels like there isn't a lot to report on PowerVR Linux support. Few weeks ago new version of DRM driver got submitted, but it doesn't look like
by zokier 3y ago
> Overall, it feels like there isn't a lot to report on PowerVR Linux support.
Few weeks ago new version of DRM driver got submitted, but it doesn't look like it would get merged soon. Without that groundwork done, its difficult to see more devices getting supported.
So while it might be in the plans to have all of Rogue family be supported eventually, it might be still years away for any one specific model.
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20230613144800.52657-1-sarah.walker@imgtec.com/ https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20230613144800.52657-1-sar...
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoQuite a ton of effort here. Looks like a very new ambitious start. Loving it. Hopefully got some Collabora help here too? That'd probably shorten the adoption loop, tapping those deep experts. The supported chips here are a very short list! 3 chips. Nominally though most Imagination gpus are "Rogue" architecture, same architecture as the first listed chip. Hard to guess how hard adapting future chips will be. Harkening back to 2013 (ge8300 from 2016's Series8XE). Then A series architecture chip mentioned is from 2019, the B series from 2020. Notably very few available implementations of either that I can find. I could.have sworn I found register level documentation for Rogue yesterday, but it was behind some sign in screen. I hope it really doesn't exist, isn't a figment of my... imagination. I haven't seen what it takes to get access to ARM mali docs, but I expect that's not easy, pretty select. Would be great to see someone else on the scene doing as Good Guy a thing as Intel with making both instruction & register level docs pretty broadly available. Definitely need this more more GPUs!