[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/2] weston: fix i.MX support
Gary Bisson
gary.bisson at boundarydevices.com
Sun Jul 26 19:55:50 UTC 2020
Hi,
Gentle ping on this series, do you have any questions?
Note that I got i.MX8M VPU to work using regular GStreamer packages +
gtreamer-imx-v2 plugin but is only useful if Weston if fixed (as i.MX8*
graphics only support Wayland backend).
Regards,
Gary
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 02:54:58PM +0200, Gary Bisson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This series aims at fixing the weston support for i.MX processors.
>
> Long time ago, weston-imx was added for i.MX8MQ as part of the weston
> package. Then it was split from it as the versions differed.
>
> Since then the weston-imx was broken and updating it seems like a bad
> idea as it now requires forking several other components:
> - libdrm [1]
> - waylands-protocols [2]
>
> This series therefore removes weston-imx and adds vivante support to
> the regular weston package.
>
> Drawback here is that the HDR capabilities of the i.MX8MQ or the GPU2D
> of the i.MX8M Mini won't be used in Weston. I'd rather have those
> limitations and use standard weston than forking everything.
>
> Also, note that this series was tested on Nitrogen8M and Nitrogen8M Mini
> platforms, making sure the Vivante 3D examples are properly running.
> However in order to compile weston properly with Vivante as egl
> provider, one patch sent earlier [3] is needed.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
> [1] https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/meta-imx/tree/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics/drm/libdrm_2.4.99.imx.bb?h=zeus-5.4.3-1.0.0
> [2] https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/meta-imx/tree/meta-bsp/recipes-graphics/wayland/wayland-protocols_1.18.imx.bb?h=zeus-5.4.3-1.0.0
> [3] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/patch/20200402130842.918696-3-gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com/
>
> Gary Bisson (2):
> package/weston: add imx-gpu-viv as possible egl provider
> package/weston-imx: remove deprecated package
>
> Config.in.legacy | 6 ++
> package/Config.in | 1 -
> package/weston-imx/Config.in | 114 -----------------------
> package/weston-imx/weston-imx.hash | 3 -
> package/weston-imx/weston-imx.mk | 144 -----------------------------
> package/weston/Config.in | 8 +-
> 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 266 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 package/weston-imx/Config.in
> delete mode 100644 package/weston-imx/weston-imx.hash
> delete mode 100644 package/weston-imx/weston-imx.mk
>
> --
> 2.26.2
>
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