[Letux-kernel] +++ PVR/SGX with LetuxOS Kernel running on GTA04 +++

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi Josua,

> Am 24.11.2019 um 11:57 schrieb Josua Mayer <josua.mayer at jm0.eu>:
> 
> Well done, Nikolaus!
> 
> Am 23.11.19 um 09:36 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller:
>> 
>>> Am 23.11.2019 um 09:11 schrieb Andreas Kemnade <andreas at kemnade.info>:
>>> On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:16:11 +0100
>>> "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I managed to get the latest kernel driver and user-space running on the GTA04 (with Debian Stretch 9.9).
>>>> 
>>>> See Video:	https://youtu.be/DDAEnDMVV3U
>>>> 
>>>> and compare:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_QGU6e3eyA
>>>> 
>>> congrats, looks nice.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Well, it is several years late [1] but LetuxOS still provides updates :)
>> 
>>> Now the interesting question: Which applications besides typical 3D
>>> stuff run faster with it.
> I found that Wayland Compositors usually utilize OpenGL-ES. Weston has a
> backend using gles, and wlroots also relies on it.
> 
> So I would expect the wayland stack in general to profit from this work.

Would this mean we can run Phosh much faster?

It would be a curiosity if our old GTA04 could run Phosh before the Librem 5
arrives at users...

Well, there is certainly something to be done for a complete setup.

AFAIR, our previous attempt was in January and did not work completely:

http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/community/2019-January/001938.html

So who wants to help to look into it what needs to be fixed?

BR,
Nikolaus