[Mageia-dev] [fedora-arm] ARM summit at Plumbers 2011

Tue Aug 23 18:25:34 CEST 2011

 On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:11:34 +0100, Steve McIntyre 
+ <steve.mcintyre at linaro.org> wrote:
+> On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 07:15:34PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
+>>Hi folks,
+>>
+>>Following on from the founding of the cross-distro ARM mailing list,
+>>I'd like to propose an ARM summit at this year's Linux Plumbers
+>>conference [1]. I'm hoping for a slot on Thursday evening, but this
+>>remains to be confirmed at this point.
+>>
+>>We had some lively discussion about the state of ARM Linux distros at
+>>the Linaro Connect [2] event in Cambridge last week. It rapidly 
+>> became
+>>clear that some of the topics we discussed deserve a wider audience,
+>>so we're suggesting a meetup at Plumbers for that bigger
+>>discussion. The initial proposed agenda is:
+>>
+>> * ARM hard-float
+>>   + What is it and why does it matter?
+>>   + How can distributions keep compatible (i.e. gcc triplet to
+>>     describe the port)?
+>>
+>> * Adding support for ARM as an architecture to the Linux Standard
+>>   Base (LSB)
+>>   + Does it matter?
+>>   + What's needed?
+>>
+>> * FHS - multi-arch coming soon, how do we proceed?
+>>
+>> * 3D support on ARM platforms
+>>   + Open GL vs. GLES - which is appropriate?
+>>
+>>but I'm sure that other people will think of more issues they'd like
+>>to discuss. :-)
+>>
+>>If you wish to attend, please reply to the cross-distro list and let
+>>us know to expect you. Make sure you're registered to attend Plumbers
+>>Conf, and get your travel and accommodation organised ASAP.
+>>
+>>[1] http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2011/
+>>[2] http://connect.linaro.org/
+>
+> UPDATE: we've not had many people confirm interest in this event yet,
+> which is a shame. If you would like to join us for this session,
+> please reply and let me know. If we don't get enough interest by the
+> end of Sunday (28th August), then we'll have to cancel the meeting.
+
+ Unfortunately there is no way I could make it, but on the subject of 3D 
+ support on ARM, Luke recently mentioned something that initially seemed 
+ outlandish but upon closer examination doesn't seem like a bad idea. As 
+ we all know, the state of openness of specifications of commonly used 
+ ARM 3D GPUs is at best dire. What has been proposed is a bit radical, 
+ but it doesn't actually seem that implausible. Specifically, combining 
+ Open Graphics Project (http://wiki.opengraphics.org/tiki-index.php) and 
+ the xilinx zynq-7000 or similar (dual core Cortex A9 + FPGA). The idea 
+ is to have an OGP GPU in firmware in FPGA. In terms of the power budget, 
+ it seems to work relatively sanely considering what it is, and it is as 
+ ideal as it gets as far as openness and flexibility goes.
+
+ I just thought it's worthy of a mention.
+
+ Gordan
+