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    Phoronix: VC5 OpenGL & Vulkan Driver Advancing

    Broadcom developer Eric Anholt has offered an update on the state of the VC5 Gallium3D driver for OpenGL support as well as the work being done on the "BCMV" Vulkan driver. Additionally, the VC4 Gallium3D driver for existing Raspberry Pi devices continues to get better...

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  • #2
    Why is it not listed in features.txt?

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    • #3
      What's left to make VC4 the default? Is glamor the culprit?
      ## VGA ##
      AMD: X1950XTX, HD3870, HD5870
      Intel: GMA45, HD3000 (Core i5 2500K)

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      • #4
        You would think with a company this big they would hire an additional developer.

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        • #5
          So, VC5 is for upcoming yet unreleased hardware and not for RPi 1-3?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by entropy View Post
            So, VC5 is for upcoming yet unreleased hardware and not for RPi 1-3?
            Yes, its not compatible with 0,1,2,3.

            Based on the progress of VC5, I'm 100% sure that the new hardware is NOT launching in 2018. Likely Feb 2019.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by darkbasic View Post
              What's left to make VC4 the default? Is glamor the culprit?
              IMO, it is probably the lack of control over the hardware video codec block.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by dh04000 View Post

                Based on the progress of VC5, I'm 100% sure that the new hardware is NOT launching in 2018. Likely Feb 2019.
                Based on the progress of VC4 and the availability of the related hardware I'm 100% sure that it will launched 3 years ago
                ## VGA ##
                AMD: X1950XTX, HD3870, HD5870
                Intel: GMA45, HD3000 (Core i5 2500K)

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                • #9
                  My guess is VC4 is here to stay for Pi 3.5 and VC5 is coming in 2019 for Pi 4. https://libre.computer/2017/12/06/ra...-and-qualcomm/

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by dh04000 View Post

                    Yes, its not compatible with 0,1,2,3.

                    Based on the progress of VC5, I'm 100% sure that the new hardware is NOT launching in 2018. Likely Feb 2019.
                    I see. Thanks!

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