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Mali GPU development boards

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Note: This was originally posted on 12th October 2009 at http://forums.arm.com

While there are a variety of Mali GPU licensees currently designing Mali GPUs into their SoCs, there are not necessarily many development boards available to the general public.

In order to provide application developers on Mali GPU-based projects with the hardware they need to get their work done, we would like to gain a strong (and accurate) understanding of what needs to be made available. What are the things you look for in a development platform?
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  • Note: This was originally posted on 26th April 2010 at http://forums.arm.com

    Opening up the DDK can be tricky to say the least [...]

    Hi Saoud,

    Is it possible for you two elaborate on this issue, on what the various obstacles are for you to be able to do this? I (and many others, I imagine) would be very interested in hearing about this.
    It seems a lot of people are seeking an open source 3D driver for the ARM platform. Ubuntu has been successfully ported to ARM, unfortunately without the 3D accelerated interface because of lacking open source graphics drivers. On Phoronix (a Linux-oriented news site with focus on graphics), people are also eager to know if any open source ARM-GPUs exist ([url="http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21341"]here[/url]), and people are even asking for ARM motherboards ([url="http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22630"]here[/url]).

    As I see it, ARM themselves delivering an open source graphics driver for their own architecture would overcome the main hurdle of the ARM-platform on Linux, and thus make it more popular amongst manufacturers, and amateurs as well, as also can be read by replies in this thread.

    How do you view this situation? Do you not think that an open source graphics driver would increase the use of the ARM-platform on Linux, or is ARM simply not too concerned with Linux-support, as Linux-users only make up a relatively small part of both PC and net book users?
    I'd love to hear your view on this as well.

    btw thanks to everyone who's been contributing to this forum - we're listening :(

    And thank you for entering into this discussion. It is truly wonderful to be able to talk about these things directly with the manufacturer, and not just speculate amongst ourselves about your motivations and lack thereof. :)
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  • Note: This was originally posted on 26th April 2010 at http://forums.arm.com

    Opening up the DDK can be tricky to say the least [...]

    Hi Saoud,

    Is it possible for you two elaborate on this issue, on what the various obstacles are for you to be able to do this? I (and many others, I imagine) would be very interested in hearing about this.
    It seems a lot of people are seeking an open source 3D driver for the ARM platform. Ubuntu has been successfully ported to ARM, unfortunately without the 3D accelerated interface because of lacking open source graphics drivers. On Phoronix (a Linux-oriented news site with focus on graphics), people are also eager to know if any open source ARM-GPUs exist ([url="http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21341"]here[/url]), and people are even asking for ARM motherboards ([url="http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22630"]here[/url]).

    As I see it, ARM themselves delivering an open source graphics driver for their own architecture would overcome the main hurdle of the ARM-platform on Linux, and thus make it more popular amongst manufacturers, and amateurs as well, as also can be read by replies in this thread.

    How do you view this situation? Do you not think that an open source graphics driver would increase the use of the ARM-platform on Linux, or is ARM simply not too concerned with Linux-support, as Linux-users only make up a relatively small part of both PC and net book users?
    I'd love to hear your view on this as well.

    btw thanks to everyone who's been contributing to this forum - we're listening :(

    And thank you for entering into this discussion. It is truly wonderful to be able to talk about these things directly with the manufacturer, and not just speculate amongst ourselves about your motivations and lack thereof. :)
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