MSM DRM Driver Brings Adreno A306 Support To Linux 4.2

Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 8 June 2015 at 08:44 AM EDT. Add A Comment
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Rob Clark has sent in his feature updates for Freedreno's MSM DRM driver that will target the Linux 4.2 kernel.

Most notable in Rob's MSM-Next code that is being sent in to DRM-Next is support for Qualcomm's Adreno 306 graphics processor, various DSI and 64-bit fixes, NV12MT support, and other random fixes/clean-ups.

The Adreno A306 GPU is for the apq8x16 and upcoming Dragonboard 410c.

More details on Freedreno's MSM changes for Linux 4.2 can be found via this pull request.
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