Hi,
@tkeiser, thank you for clarifying the real state of Linux for AArch64 with due facts - especially the ones regarding Allwinner. Don't be concerned with Kommander's reaction: someone calling another one a troll can only be a troll.
@paulieg, thank you for rectifying and reforming Kommander's conduct in a very subtle way.
My other concern is about Mali driver. I'm also an OpenGL developer but I cannot say I like it the way it is. Since Mantle appeared, things seem to move in the right direction with the future Vulkan. But Mali400 would probably not have a Vulkan version. I try to see the situation of Lima - the open source version of kernel driver - but it doesn't look in good shape as hoped as well (gitarious is gone) so it seems we are stuck with proprietary drivers to allow 2D/3D hardware acceleration and with OpenGL ES.
I'm mostly a fluent C/C++ and assembly coder with solid knowledge in both software and hardware sides. I'm also a baker for PINE64+. But I'm not applying here as I think there are much better people dedicated to Linux than I
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@tkeiser, thank you for clarifying the real state of Linux for AArch64 with due facts - especially the ones regarding Allwinner. Don't be concerned with Kommander's reaction: someone calling another one a troll can only be a troll.
@paulieg, thank you for rectifying and reforming Kommander's conduct in a very subtle way.
My other concern is about Mali driver. I'm also an OpenGL developer but I cannot say I like it the way it is. Since Mantle appeared, things seem to move in the right direction with the future Vulkan. But Mali400 would probably not have a Vulkan version. I try to see the situation of Lima - the open source version of kernel driver - but it doesn't look in good shape as hoped as well (gitarious is gone) so it seems we are stuck with proprietary drivers to allow 2D/3D hardware acceleration and with OpenGL ES.
I'm mostly a fluent C/C++ and assembly coder with solid knowledge in both software and hardware sides. I'm also a baker for PINE64+. But I'm not applying here as I think there are much better people dedicated to Linux than I
.