Raspberry Pi 4: Higher-quality, faster graphics edge closer ...

Raspberry Pi 4 owners will be pleased to know that Vulkan support is one step closer thanks to the Vulkan driver, V3DV, being merged in the ... 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FullBio onOctober21,2020 |Topic:Hardware LockdownsurgeforRaspberryPisales WatchNow RaspberryPi4ownerswillbepleasedtoknowthatVulkansupportisonestepcloserthankstotheVulkandriver,V3DV,beingmergedinthelatestversionoftheMesagraphicstackfortheRaspberryPi4. AsnotedbyLinuxnewssitePhoronix,theV3DVdriverhasbeenunderdevelopmentforthepastyeartobringVulkansupporttonewerBroadcomVideoCoreGPUhardware,especiallytheRaspberryPi4.TheV3DVdriverhasnowmainlinedinanupcomingversionofMesa,theopen-sourceimplementationofOpenGLandVulkan.  Developer Ukrainiandeveloperssharetheirstoriesfromthewarzone Sorry,developers:Microsoft'snewtoolfixesbugsinsoftwarecodewrittenbyAI Whatyouneedtoknowbeforebecomingaprogrammer Somedevelopersarescrewingupopen-sourcesoftware TheRaspberryPiFoundationcontractedconsultingfirmIgaliatodeveloptheV3DVVulkandriverandannouncedupcomingVulkansupportfortheRaspberry4atthebeginningoftheyear. SEE:HiringKit:Pythondeveloper(TechRepublicPremium)TheV3DVVulkandriverpromiseshigher-qualityandfastergraphicsforthesingle-boardcomputer,extendingVulkansupportfromalreadyAndroidphonestotheRaspberryPi4.However,atthatstagetheefforthadonlymanagedtogetaRaspberryPitorenderanRGBtriangle,butitwasnonethelessamilestone."Don'tholdyourbreath,"RaspberryPiFoundationco-founderEbertUptonsaidatthetime. OnTuesday,Igalia'sIagoToral,who'sbeenworkingontheMesagraphicsdriverstackforRaspberryPi4,announced thatthedriverhasbeenmergedwithMesaupstream,makingitoneoftheofficialVulkanMesadriversalongwithdriversforothergraphicshardware. ThismovemeansV3DVwillbepartofallMesareleases,andanyonewhowantstotestitcangetitfromtheofficialMesarepository. ToraladdedthattheV3DVdriverhasnowpassedover100,000testsfromtheKhronosConformanceTestSuiteforVulkan1.0andhasimplementedthefullVulkan1.0API. However,hepointedoutthatmoreworkneedstobedone. "AlthoughtheCTSisareallycompletetestsuite,itisnotthesameasarealusecase.Asmentionedinsomeofourupdates,wehavebeentestingthedriverwithVulkanportsoftheoriginalQuaketrilogy,butdeeperandmoredetailedtestingisneeded,"notesToral. SEE:Windows10RaspberryPirival:IntelAtomchippowersthisnewRockPiXboardAfterthishastakenplace,Toralplanstotestthedriverfurtherandironoutbugsandperformanceissues. AsnotedbyPhoronix,Mesa20.3,thelatestversionofMesa,isscheduledtobereleasedasstableinearlyDecemberandbecauseitispartofMesa,it'seasierforRaspberryPiLinuxdistributionstoofferthisBroadcomVulkandriver. TheV3DVdriverhasbeentestedwithVulkanportsoftheoriginalQuaketrilogy. 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