Re: Status of marvell-ipp
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
Re: Status of marvell-ipp
On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 08:42:26PM +0700, James B wrote: 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? Your speculation is reasonable, and your questions are understood. However, we don't have the resources to answer these questions, there are other more important things for us to do, sorry. If you can't determine a useful answer from what you have available, then I suggest you stick with software decoders. 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 -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Write-95 segmentation fault on Fedora 20 (OLPC:#12809)
Thanks, wasn't aware of repo. Yes, at least one not upstream, dereference of NULL pointer in XAP_UnixFrameImpl::_imRetrieveSurrounding_cb (avoid-maliit-crash.patch). There may be more. Check my understanding; Write activity depends on abiword and libabiword RPMs, and for OLPC OS 13.2 we used our own RPMs. I shall review whether to reuse RPMs or port patches to the Fedora 20 RPMs. Depending on user experience. On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 04:44:58PM -0300, Gonzalo Odiard wrote: Looks like I will not have time to work on Write for a while.. If anybody want to check, the spec and patches used in the F18 rpm are here [1] In theory, all the patches should be already on abiword upstream, but would be good check. Gonzalo [1] [1]https://git.sugarlabs.org/olpc-abiword-rpm/olpc-abiword-rpm On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Gonzalo Odiard [2]godi...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Ok, then I can do the release, the problem is not related with the changes. Yes. How's Write going? ;-) Nothing on that front. -- Gonzalo Odiard SugarLabs - Software for children learning References: [1] https://git.sugarlabs.org/olpc-abiword-rpm/olpc-abiword-rpm [2] mailto:godi...@sugarlabs.org -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Write-95 segmentation fault on Fedora 20 (OLPC:#12809)
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:50 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: Thanks, wasn't aware of repo. Yes, at least one not upstream, dereference of NULL pointer in XAP_UnixFrameImpl::_imRetrieveSurrounding_cb (avoid-maliit-crash.patch). There may be more. Check my understanding; Write activity depends on abiword and libabiword RPMs, and for OLPC OS 13.2 we used our own RPMs. Yes. Is just one spec file and create both rpms. I shall review whether to reuse RPMs or port patches to the Fedora 20 RPMs. Depending on user experience. Thanks! Gonzalo On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 04:44:58PM -0300, Gonzalo Odiard wrote: Looks like I will not have time to work on Write for a while.. If anybody want to check, the spec and patches used in the F18 rpm are here [1] In theory, all the patches should be already on abiword upstream, but would be good check. Gonzalo [1] [1]https://git.sugarlabs.org/olpc-abiword-rpm/olpc-abiword-rpm On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Gonzalo Odiard [2]godi...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Ok, then I can do the release, the problem is not related with the changes. Yes. How's Write going? ;-) Nothing on that front. -- Gonzalo Odiard SugarLabs - Software for children learning References: [1] https://git.sugarlabs.org/olpc-abiword-rpm/olpc-abiword-rpm [2] mailto:godi...@sugarlabs.org -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ -- Gonzalo Odiard SugarLabs - Software for children learning ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Status of marvell-ipp
On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 07:17:03 +1100 James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: 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? Your speculation is reasonable, and your questions are understood. However, we don't have the resources to answer these questions, there are other more important things for us to do, sorry. If you can't determine a useful answer from what you have available, then I suggest you stick with software decoders. I understand. Thank you James. cheers! -- James B jamesbond3...@gmail.com ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
