3.14 Kernel

cappybob

• jas-rk

  
  

  Just found this from arm, may be of help for you

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  • Re: How can I compile Mali-T764 DRIVERS on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 on RK3288 device ?
    Guillaume Tucker Feb 6, 2015 5:01 PM (in response to mac_l1)

    That's right, the new Mali-T76x drivers built for GNU/Linux ARMv7 fbdev only (no windowing system at the moment) are now available as well as several other r5p0 drivers on the public download page:

    http://malideveloper.arm.com/develop-fo ... e-drivers/

    
    

    In order to use this, you will also need to build the kernel-side driver and replace the kernel in your build.  This can be achieved by following the Firefly wiki page I mentioned earlier and starting with this Linux repository (master branch):

    T-Firefly / Firefly-RK3288-kernel / Commits — Bitbucket

    
    

    It has an early r4p1 kernel-side Mali GPU driver, which is not compatible with the new r5p0 user-side driver.  So you need to upgrade the kernel-side Mali driver with the source code archive from this page:

    http://malideveloper.arm.com/develop-fo ... e-drivers/

    
    

    You'll need to remove the main drivers files under drivers/gpu/arm/, but not drivers/gpu/arm/midgard/platform/rk which contains the RK3288 platform support files, and replace them with the files from the archive.  Some relatively small changes may be needed in the RK3288 platform files to make it work with the new r5p0 driver; sorry we haven't got a patch for that at the moment.

    
    
    
    
    
    

cappybob

@dewet

You ask many questions my friend, which I have no knowledge.  NOT, because I do not understand you, but because your questions are above my knowledge level.  These files were released today as part of the RockChip statement of releases before  Chinese New Year (Year of the Sheep).  There will be patches and other releases again next week and soon the RockChip SDK for android 5.0.2-Lollipop, also before Chinese New Year.  I am surprised, Maybe there is a change of attitude now due to Microsoft and Intel starting to support ARM.

----cappybob

cappybob

jas-rk

While doing some research for the new Android Lollipop I read that after the initial release of the SDK for Lollipop from RockChip, that there will be a migration to the 3.14 Kernel as the next development in the scheme of things.  By the way, do you know anything about "TopMetal" there was a mention of them in my research, but I seem not to be able to find any development from them in the mini pc platform.

---cappybob