On Saturday 05 Oct 2013, garyamort wrote: > Ran across this article last night: > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI5MDI I think you have misread this article. > > Siarhei Siamashka <http://ssvb.github.io/> wasn't happy with the open > source framebuffer driver for his Raspberry Pi that utilizes the built in > Mali GPU. The article talks about A10/20 chips, not the Raspberry Pi. > > It seems the main problem was that the driver was just a basic driver with > some function call replacements to use the Mali GPU's special functions. The Pi does not use a Mali GPU, neither do the Beagles. > > This means that it didn't include any of the other accelerated function > calls that come with the Arm platform[NEON and VFRP] Yes, this bit is relevant. > > So he rewrote the fbdev driver using their code, and went ahead and added > the calls for neon and vfrp. He also has done it in a very smart manner, > his driver is a drop in replacement for xf86-video-fbdev. > > It's default mode of operation is exactly the same as fbdev - so it will > work on any platform including both desktops[intel or amd processors] and > embedded platforms. > > During initialization, it will check to see if the Neon features are > available, if so it will configure itself to use them. It checks for VFRP > and enables those functions. Finally it checks for the Mali GPU and if it > is there it enables use of those functions. > > He's very appropriately named his driver 'fbturbo' amd posted it up to > Github. https://github.com/ssvb/xf86-video-fbturbo > > This means it should work on the BBB as well and give you a performance > boost if running a desktop environment. Less that it will for chips like the A10/20, but might be worth a try.
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