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> porting their code over. They have been stuck with x86 based hardware since the ARM GPU drivers are a collective wreck and they use X, so the shitty Android
by zanny 12y ago
> porting their code over.
They have been stuck with x86 based hardware since the ARM GPU drivers are a collective wreck and they use X, so the shitty Android blobs aren't even close to being an option.
I think it was just premature. We need Lima / Freedreno / that open Tegra project to mature into their own, so we can have first class Mesa GPU acceleration on ARM systems, before we can try bringing desktop Linux to said devices. It is the same mistake Canonical made with Mir, and I think it is a mistake with Wayland - the Android GPU stack is a lost cause, and trying to work around it and have the tumor of Qualcomms / ARMs shitty blobs is doomed from the start.