Hi Robert, Thanks you for that express integration :) I just discovered that I have pushed the wrong fork (a first try I made that did not work properly), I just fixed that and commited the correct one https://github.com/julbouln/etnaviv_x15/commit/72759d9b41d3bc1bcdd3bfb389afbf135d8a20d3
Sorry about that Le jeudi 17 novembre 2016 00:11:48 UTC+1, RobertCNelson a écrit : > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Julien <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I recently bought a BeagleBoard X15 and started playing with it, the > first > >> thing I noticed is despite there is three GPU on AM57x SOC, there is no > >> hardware acceleration in X11 > >> I searched and found that the 3D GPUs are not only proprietary, but TI > >> actually does not support X11 at all ... it is bad because I actually > love > >> X11 and want to use it. > >> Then I tried the GC320 2D GPU with TI galcore driver > >> (https://git.ti.com/graphics/ti-gc320-driver) and armada X driver > >> (https://github.com/xobs/xserver-xorg-video-armada with > galcore/libGAL) : it > >> works, but sometimes it freezes : actually it freezes everytimes when > >> quitting X. I made some tests with proprietary libGAL > >> (https://git.ti.com/graphics/ti-gc320-libs), and I finally found that > either > >> the driver or the userspace lib make the computer freezing. > >> > >> I decided to look further and discovered that project that aim to > >> open-sourcing Vivante GPU chips Etnaviv is pretty well advanced > >> (https://github.com/etnaviv). The project initially support GCxxx > chips in > >> IMX6 and Armada SOC, and I wondered if it could works on AM57x. It > appears > >> that it works ! I backported the etnaviv from mainline kernel to use it > with > >> the linux 4.4 kernel provided with the default board Debian > >> (http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian/), and with very little changes, it > can be > >> used with Beagleboard X15. > >> > >> More details on how it works in this repository : > >> https://github.com/julbouln/etnaviv_x15 > > This is now pushed: > > > https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/commit/745855e6c0d728c1245ed4f4768b51046d5adb39 > > > Ran out of time today to test it.. Will do that tomorrow. ;) > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d9b18f25-0b28-4241-a45d-9411448b25d2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
