linux-kernel - Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component

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Date:	Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:27:05 +1000
From:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
To:	Magnus Wendt <magnus.wendt@...il.com>
Cc:	Luc Verhaegen <libv@...net.be>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source 
	kernel component

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Magnus Wendt <magnus.wendt@...il.com> wrote:
>
>
> 2010/7/2 Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
>>
>> ARM Mali - not sure what is going on there, I;m going to go with no
>> hope but would be nice to be proved wrong
>
> So far no user space but at least kernel space is available under GPLv2
>
> http://www.malideveloper.com/drivers.php
>

So its as crap as the others since the kernel space is uninteresting
and doesn't give you any idea how to actually use the GPU, its just a
slightly intelligent shim which transfers command streams and
interrupt to/from gpu/userspace.

Its like having an ELF loader but no source to the compiler or linker,
and saying the CPU is open.

Dave.
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