Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Open-Source Qualcomm GPU Driver Published

Posted by Soulskill on from the strategic-free-making dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Not being content with the state of open source graphics drivers for Linux, a developer working for Texas Instruments has reverse-engineered his competitor's (Qualcomm) driver and written an open-source Snapdragon driver. With being tainted by legal documents at Texas Instruments, the developer, who is also involved with Linaro, had no other choice but to work on an open source graphics driver for his competitor in his free time. The open source Qualcomm Snapdragon/Adreno driver is called Freedreno."

2 of 79 comments (clear)

  1. a clarification by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    fyi, this was done on my own time.. this is not sponsored/endorsed by TI.. please ready my blog post for my motivation:
    http://bloggingthemonkey.blogspot.com/2012/04/fighting-back-against-binary-blobs.html

    BR,
    -R

  2. Re:correction: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    note: I did not break any NDA's.. or violate any licenses that I agreed to, etc. This is the reason that I cannot work on an open source driver for the IMG GPU in OMAP devices (which I'd love to do, but am prevented by NDA). Trust me, I'd love nothing more than to be working on an open source graphics driver for OMAP.. but if I did, *that* would be a story.

    BR,
    -R