Re: GSoC Raspberry Pi Graphics project

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 11:07:56AM +0100, Robert Swindells wrote:
> 
> Brian Schnepp <stebor2jr%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >I've just recently submitted my proposal for implementing this project
> >for this year's Google Summer of Code. My proposal specifically
> >suggests reimplementing the Linux vc4 driver for the NetBSD kernel, so
> >it uses the same DRM interfaces as the existing nouveau and amdgpu
> >ports, but without sharing any actual code from the vc4 driver which
> >is under the GPL license. Ideally, this should be seen as compatible
> >under Mesa, so existing GLES programs should be able to use it. In
> >addition to this, some DeviceTree code for the Pi needs to be added.
> 
> Writing a DRM driver from scratch seems too much work for a Summer of
> Code project to me.

What about a driver along the lines of our rk_drm and sunxi_drm?