On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> wrote:
>> > My goal: It should have a working 2D, HD Video and 3D graphics as well >> > as audio and networking. (for my purposes even closed-source drivers >> > are "OK"). > > The GPU is mali 400. WHich is the 2nd most advanced free-driver project. > I believe it just-about has an X driver now, but still with a > proprietary compiler chunk in it? Check with lima project for state > there. Prospects for a free driver are good in the not-too-distant, > althouh more contributors would help of course. the reverse-engineering of CEDARX (the video and audio acceleration hardware) reached an important milestone a few months ago of managing to do at least one video CODEC as entirely software-libre. of course - again, as this is also a reverse-engineering project and there are more CODECs to implement, exactly as wookie points out the CEDARX project is _another_ one where more contributors would help: the main effort has been made and the hardware is now well-understood, so writing more CODECs is a matter more of porting than it is reverse-engineering. also the bootloader process has been reverse-engineered and is entirely GPL'd, and the "from-scratch" boot-from-USB loader process (called FEL) has also been reverse-engineered. mainly it's MALI that's holding up the A20 from being declared as FSF-Endorseable. once limadriver has a useable release it'll be enough. l. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/capweedxm-r0uvn1bhpeojd0hzk0pmobeweoyrkmdnfyh5q3...@mail.gmail.com
