On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:19:19 +1100 James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote:
> > The marvell-ipp binaries we host for Fedora builds are not public. > > olpc-os-builder can be configured to pull private resources, and the > Wiki page describes how that is done. Thank you for the explanation. > > The marvell-ipp binaries we host for Android builds are public, as Ben > has said. There's a license file in the same directory. > Thank you. Android drivers are interesting but they aren't usable directly, we have to go a roundabout way to use it (using libhybris and whatnot). It's something of last resort if we don't have access to the Linux version; which in this case, we do (or do not, depending on the license... ). > > I doubt if the Fedora marvell-ipp binaries are distributable, given > how they are currently hosted, and the text of the Wiki page. "These > are closed source libraries provided by Marvell." Well, closed-source does not always mean not-redistributable. For example, the Vivante 3D driver is a also another closed source drop from Marvell, but it is available in rpmdropbox (and I assume its licensing allows it so). Perhaps re-distributable (and being stored in public repository) is a too-strong word. The question really boils down to this: can the marvell-ipp be used in alternative distributions (that runs on OLPC) other than the official Fedora? And if yes, which whom (email address) can I ask to get them? > > No, I work for OLPC in Miami, in the United States, not OLPC > Australia. I just happen to live in Australia. ;-) Confusing, I > know. Haha, yeah. Thanks for the explanation :) > > Good to know. > > Are there H.264 codecs and the like you can obtain from other places? Well yes, ffmpeg or libav provides software decoder for h.264. I already have this in my current build, so it's not a problem really a problem, except for one thing: software decoding is slow. That's why I would like to get the hardware to do the decoding, and the only way to do hardware decoding is through marvell-ipp - there is no alternative, unfortunately. cheers! -- James B <jamesbond3...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel