[Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

[Allan Mwenda]

Oh that sux
Is the gpu itself fairly capable though?

On 10 May 2017 10:12:57 GMT+03:00, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
>On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Allan Mwenda <allanitomwesh at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Hi Luke
>> On the topic of GPU's have you seen this?
>> https://github.com/etnaviv/etna_viv
>
> yeahyeah i have.
>
>> Seems to be a libre driver for Vivante GPU's
>
> it is. the problem with vivante is that their *own* proprietary
>driver is so shit that the entire reputation of vivante's technology
>has been shot to shit.
>
> i spoke with one fabless semiconductor company, urging them to use
>etnaviv: unfortunately my contact used the word "vivante" when talking
>to the engineer, who told my contact "it's shit.  it keeps crashing.
>so we won't use it".
>
> whoopsie...
>
>l.
>
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