01-14-2016, 03:05 AM
There are three solutions for the Mali GPU (by ARM Holdings, not Allwinner).
One, write a traditional accelerated graphics driver for Xorg (Xorg is used by almost all Linux distributions nowdays).
Two, make an accelerated graphics driver for Wayland and/or Mir (Unity 8).
Three, make a somewhat accelerated graphics driver for Xorg using fbturbo (https://github.com/ssvb/xf86-video-fbturbo).
The third solution should be the easiest. I think the author of fbturbot (ssvb) is on this forum and can describe what work is missing for the Pine64.
It is good to have xf86-video-fbturbo while working on the other solutions.
The second solution requires less work than the first.
One, write a traditional accelerated graphics driver for Xorg (Xorg is used by almost all Linux distributions nowdays).
Two, make an accelerated graphics driver for Wayland and/or Mir (Unity 8).
Three, make a somewhat accelerated graphics driver for Xorg using fbturbo (https://github.com/ssvb/xf86-video-fbturbo).
The third solution should be the easiest. I think the author of fbturbot (ssvb) is on this forum and can describe what work is missing for the Pine64.
It is good to have xf86-video-fbturbo while working on the other solutions.
The second solution requires less work than the first.
