02-13-2016, 03:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-13-2016, 03:13 AM by lenny.raposo-pine64.pro.
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Joe do you even understand where the community is coming from?
Pine is not working on the Linux porting its the community, so in other words Pine has nothing in the Linux department without people like us in the community having to do their work (something that kernel developers were laughing at in the previous link I provided).
I wanna ask you something @joe. Do you know anything about kernel programming? Do you know what the challenges are in terms of getting AllWinners to work with linux? Do you understand the difficulties in driver development for the Mali series GPUs? Do you know why the Linux community at large shares a distaste for the binary garbage that the AllWinner team provides in terms getting started with Linux on these boards?
I only ask cause maybe a little clarification is required in terms finding common ground on where both sides stand in terms of understanding the challenges ahead.
To date I know of no other platform that has 3d accel on Mali GPUs in Linux, even the video link you provided shows that. Do we even have open source drivers available for the rest of the Pine64 components (like @MichaelMeissner asked)? Are we gonna have to work with shims to the android binary drivers provided to get this working?
I, as I can't speak for others, was under the impression that perhaps that may be different with this project. Does the Pine team have access to actual sources that we can use to compile PROPER drivers for the gpu/lan/wifi/bluetooth for linux native? Or did AllWinner just give the Android bits and kept the sources closed off like so many other kernel teams have complained about in the past?
Just to be clear in terms of my knowledge and understanding:
Comptia A+ Net+ Linux+ Server+
UCP (Ubuntu Certified Professional)
Come prepared with your answer this time.
Pine is not working on the Linux porting its the community, so in other words Pine has nothing in the Linux department without people like us in the community having to do their work (something that kernel developers were laughing at in the previous link I provided).
I wanna ask you something @joe. Do you know anything about kernel programming? Do you know what the challenges are in terms of getting AllWinners to work with linux? Do you understand the difficulties in driver development for the Mali series GPUs? Do you know why the Linux community at large shares a distaste for the binary garbage that the AllWinner team provides in terms getting started with Linux on these boards?
I only ask cause maybe a little clarification is required in terms finding common ground on where both sides stand in terms of understanding the challenges ahead.
To date I know of no other platform that has 3d accel on Mali GPUs in Linux, even the video link you provided shows that. Do we even have open source drivers available for the rest of the Pine64 components (like @MichaelMeissner asked)? Are we gonna have to work with shims to the android binary drivers provided to get this working?
I, as I can't speak for others, was under the impression that perhaps that may be different with this project. Does the Pine team have access to actual sources that we can use to compile PROPER drivers for the gpu/lan/wifi/bluetooth for linux native? Or did AllWinner just give the Android bits and kept the sources closed off like so many other kernel teams have complained about in the past?
Just to be clear in terms of my knowledge and understanding:
Comptia A+ Net+ Linux+ Server+
UCP (Ubuntu Certified Professional)
Come prepared with your answer this time.
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