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Re:Free user space for non-graphics drivers by pabs3 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @03:17AM (#23445438)
The Freedreno project did some reverse engineering of Qualcomm userspace GPU drivers, so now those GPUs have a free implementation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_graphics_...

Are there other Qualcomm userspace drivers that need to be freed?

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Re:Free user space for non-graphics drivers by g_p on Sunday June 07, 2020 @09:32AM (#23447207)
Yes, the Freedreno work is a really good start, and an admirable one at that which has reached fruition!

I think there's quite a lot of closed userspace drivers that need (or would benefit from being) freed - I don't have a list to hand, but a quick look inside the /vendor partition (and directory) of a recent phone will give an idea of the closed userspace drivers being shipped on devices.

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