[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] sunxi-mali-driver-mainline: new package
Giulio Benetti
giulio.benetti at micronovasrl.com
Sat Jan 13 12:22:14 UTC 2018
Hello,
when could it be ok to update git commit SHA1 to the latest
and integrate parallel build and last Help description?
Regards
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Il 28/11/2017 00:34, Giulio Benetti ha scritto:
> Hello everybody,
>
> Il 27/11/2017 16:23, Giulio Benetti ha scritto:
>> Hi Maxime,
>>
>> Il 27/11/2017 15:28, Maxime Ripard ha scritto:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 11:22:48PM +0100, Giulio Benetti wrote:
>>>> Added kernel allwinner mali driver package.
>>>> Used combined with userspace Allwinner openGL libraries,
>>>> it gives possibility to use 3D openGL SoC acceleration.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti at micronovasrl.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> DEVELOPERS | 3 ++
>>>> package/Config.in | 1 +
>>>> package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/Config.in | 38
>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> .../sunxi-mali-driver-mainline.mk | 30
>>>> +++++++++++++++++
>>>> 4 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
>>>> create mode 100644 package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/Config.in
>>>> create mode 100644
>>>> package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline.mk
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
>>>> index 7621f96..60a934e 100644
>>>> --- a/DEVELOPERS
>>>> +++ b/DEVELOPERS
>>>> @@ -698,6 +698,9 @@ F: package/ocrad/
>>>> F: package/tesseract-ocr/
>>>> F: package/webp/
>>>> +N: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti at micronovasrl.com>
>>>> +F: package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/
>>>> +
>>>> N: Gregory Dymarek <gregd72002 at gmail.com>
>>>> F: package/ding-libs/
>>>> F: package/gengetopt/
>>>> diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
>>>> index fe5ccc4..e619992 100644
>>>> --- a/package/Config.in
>>>> +++ b/package/Config.in
>>>> @@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ endmenu
>>>> source "package/stm32flash/Config.in"
>>>> source "package/sunxi-cedarx/Config.in"
>>>> source "package/sunxi-mali/Config.in"
>>>> + source "package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/Config.in"
>>>> source "package/sysstat/Config.in"
>>>> source "package/targetcli-fb/Config.in"
>>>> source "package/ti-gfx/Config.in"
>>>> diff --git a/package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/Config.in
>>>> b/package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/Config.in
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..1f9ef59
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/package/sunxi-mali-driver-mainline/Config.in
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
>>>> +comment "sunxi-mali-driver-mainline needs a Linux kernel to be built"
>>>> + depends on !BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
>>>> +
>>>> +config BR2_PACKAGE_SUNXI_MALI_DRIVER_MAINLINE
>>>> + bool "sunxi-mali-driver-mainline"
>>>> + depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
>>>> + select BR2_LINUX_NEEDS_MODULES # not using kernel-module infra
>>>> + help
>>>> + This package builds and installs the Linux kernel driver for
>>>> + the Mali GPU on Allwinner platforms, compatible with recent
>>>> + Linux kernels (>= 4.4). Note that it should be installed
>>>> + together with the corresponding userspace OpenGL libraries,
>>>> + which are provided as binaries only at:
>>>> + https://github.com/free-electrons/mali-blobs
>>>> +
>>>> + sunxi-mali-driver-mainline requires a Linux kernel >= 4.4
>>>> with the
>>>> + following options enabled:
>>>> +
>>>> + - CONFIG_CMA
>>>> + - CONFIG_DMA_CMA
>>>> + - CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_OVERALLOC >= 200 for double buffer or more
>>>
>>> Sorry for missing that out earlier, but that one is not true. You can
>>> achieve the same result using the drm_fbdev_overalloc kernel paremeter.
>>
>> Ok, I add it on Help.
>
> y_morin on #buildroot irc told me that maybe this missing Help phrase
> can be added by the one who will commit the patch.
> Is it ok, or do I have to submit a new patch?
>
> Kind regards
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>>
>>> The rest looks good.
>>>
>>> Maxime
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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