Raspberry Pi's Gallium3D Driver Continues To Be Actively Developed

For those with a Raspberry Pi, the emerging open-source 3D-supported Linux graphics driver stack continues to evolve.

Eric Anholt, previously of Intel who is know working for Broadcom, continues to be developing this new Linux graphics stack at a speedy rate. Eric has been adding many new features to the open-source graphics driver.

The primary component of Eric's work is the "VC4" Gallium3D driver now living within mainline Mesa Git. He's also still developing a DRM/KMS driver for the Broadcom hardware found within the Raspberry Pi. Last but certainly not least he's been making it work with the X.Org Server via the now built-in X.Org mode-setting driver.

When it comes to the Gallium3D driver, within the past few days there's been many VC4 driver commits for Raspberry Pi users interested in testing the latest work. If you're interested in getting involved with the development of the new driver, here's some information.