Simos, Is it possible to get the latest Mali binaries (for developers) from Allwinners? Say r4p0 or r5p0?
@lex On Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 11:39:40 AM UTC-3, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Siarhei Siamashka <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:17:00 -0700 (PDT) >> Andrew Kosteltsev <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> > среда, 18 марта 2015 г., 12:13:05 UTC+3 пользователь Siarhei Siamashka >> > написал: >> > > >> > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:50:20 +0300 >> > > "Dmitriy B." <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> > > >> > > > 2015-03-18 11:36 GMT+03:00 Siarhei Siamashka <[email protected] >> > > <javascript:>>: >> > > > >> > > > > On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:14:59 -0700 (PDT) >> > > > > "@lex" <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > Hi, >> > > > > > >> > > > > > I would like to have r3p2 version of the Mali driver for my >> cb2, and >> > > i >> > > > > have >> > > > > > followed the sunxi-linux instructions and ended up with r3p0. >> > > > > >> > > > > The r3p0 mali driver should provide you with a functional OpenGL >> ES >> > > > > implementation. >> > > > > >> > > > > > i have found the tutorial to use the recent mali r3p2 but i am >> not >> > > sure >> > > > > how >> > > > > > to proceed. >> > > > > > I am using sunxi-linux kernel 3.4.103 but i don`t know if it has >> > > r3p2 >> > > > > mali >> > > > > > driver, can someone help how to get r3p2 compiled? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > And how to get mali-r3p2-support branch of the >> xf86-video-fbturbo >> > > xorg? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Appreciate any help. >> > > > > >> > > > > The r3p0 and r3p2 mali binary blobs are a little bit buggy. >> Moreover, >> > > > > they are buggy in different ways and require different sets of >> > > > > workarounds. "Officially" supporting them both would be an extra >> > > > > hassle. Moving exclusively to r3p2 is not totally painless either. >> > > > > There needs to be a very good reason to do this work. >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Any chances to test r4pX and r5p0 coming from ODROID community? >> > > >> > > It would be best if we could get up to date Mali binaries from >> > > Allwinner. I suspect that the ODROID blobs have an EULA, which forbids >> > > us to use them. >> > >> > Mali Binaries for development xf86-video-fbturbo you can find here >> > http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=4956 >> >> As their EULA says, we are not allowed to use these binaries: >> >> "Hardkernel hereby grants Licensee a limited, non-exclusive, >> non-transferable, irrevocable, restricted right to use the Software in >> object code form only on the Computer System solely for the purpose of >> developing application software for Hardkernel devices using the >> Samsung Exynos 4412 System-on-a-Chip." >> > > The wording here either reflects a requirement from ARM or a decision by > Hardkernel > to limit the distribution of these binaries. > For Allwinner SoCs, there are GPUs from either ARM or ImgTec. > How should the wording be, so that such binaries would be usable in > projects like fbturbo? > Are there any examples of such acceptable EULAs? > > Simos > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
