+++ Graeme Russ [2012-10-03 09:10 +1000]: > > Many platforms have some binary blobs which you can download to get > > video decoders and 3D graphics. The ARM cores are getting so fast today > > that you can probably decode hi-res videos using FFMPEG... > > Yes, this is what disappoints me. This is not promising at all: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_hardware_and_FOSS#ARM > > Mali (ARM), PowerVR (Imagination Technologies) and VideoCore > (Broadcom) are the main 3D graphics cores for ARM based chips. None > have (and none of the vendors have any interest in providing) FLOSS > drivers.
Your best bet for free video drivers is probably Mali at the moment, as that's the furthest-forward reverse-engineering project (SFAIK). But Snapdragon (Qualcomm) is also worth considering as Freedreno has also made useful progress. There are at least 5 different graphics cores available, and 3 or 4 of them have RE projects to free them up, but it'll be a while before any are in useful shape. If you have any relevant expertise (or would like to aquire some) you will be exceedingly welcome to help out. http://limadriver.org/ http://freedreno.github.com/ Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
