On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
The user space library is closed source, and it is owned by Qualcomm.
I think it is beneficial for us to integrate the kernel part into our Linaro tree, so that we can build/use it together with the kernel image. As for the user space libraries, how about adding them into the hwpack? (Is there any legal issue for this?)
On Monday 13 December 2010, Jammy Zhou wrote:Who owns these components? If it's closed source, the only options we
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > On 11 December 2010 22:41, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > * amd-gpu -- a single but huge driver for the GPU. As is normally the
> >> case with GPU drivers, we can expect long discussions
> >> before it will get considered for mainline
> >> 4 patches
> >> 98 files changed, 278321 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, following the discussion between Dave Airlie
> > and Codeaurora this summer re GPU driver shims.
> >
> > Is the AMD GPU exposing all functionality in its kernel driver or
> > is there some userspace blob somewhere with lots of e.g. GL
> > goodies?
> >
> All the functionality for the kernel driver of AMD GPU Z430/Z160 (now
> belongs to Qualcom) is exposed. But we need accompanied userspace library to
> call these functionality (buffer management, command submission, ...).
have are lobbying for complete release of the specs for a reimplementation
or reverse-engineering the drivers, which may at least get easier with
a user space driver than it would be with a kernel driver.
The user space library is closed source, and it is owned by Qualcomm.
Until there is a solution with an open source user space part, I would
suggest that the driver better be dropped from the Freescale BSP and
we should at least not waste time reviewing it.
I think it is beneficial for us to integrate the kernel part into our Linaro tree, so that we can build/use it together with the kernel image. As for the user space libraries, how about adding them into the hwpack? (Is there any legal issue for this?)
Arnd
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