Freedreno Driver Continues Working For Open-Source Qualcomm Driver Independence

Written by Michael Larabel in Mesa on 4 July 2015 at 02:06 PM EDT. 6 Comments
MESA
Rob Clark has shared a new blog post today about "happy (gpu) independence day" with his work on the open-source Freedreno driver for freeing Qualcomm Linux users of the Adreno binary blob.

Among the highlights are finishing up OpenGL ES 3 / OpenGL 3.0 functionality, migration to the NIR intermediate representation, Adreno 306 GPU support, Freedreno Android support coming via GSoC, and new GL games/apps working with Freedreno. In step with the Freedreno Gallium3D driver have been many improvements to the "MSM" DRM kernel driver as part of this open-source initiative.

For anyone having interest in open-source GPU drivers or Qualcomm Adreno hardware on Linux, read Rob's new blog post.
Related News
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

Popular News This Week