Re: Status of the Panfrost driver

---> 14.2-RELEASE with drm-subtree imported from cheribsd (
https://github.com/CTSRD-CHERI/cheribsd)

Plus : soon 14.2-RELEASE will go to EOL and we don't have a future for the
14.3 and even more importantly,for the 15.0 branch.

Mario.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM titus <titus@edc.ro> wrote:

> it somehow works on rk3999 and rk356x boards but not great. no iommu +
> memory fragmentation causes contigmalloc to fail and the only fix is a
> reboot
> [image: logo.og.png]
>
> How to run FreeBSD on new boards built on Rockchip 35XX..
> <https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/how-to-run-freebsd-on-new-boards-built-on-rockchip-35xx.88430/post-707035>
> forums.freebsd.org
> <https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/how-to-run-freebsd-on-new-boards-built-on-rockchip-35xx.88430/post-707035>
>
> <https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/how-to-run-freebsd-on-new-boards-built-on-rockchip-35xx.88430/post-707035>
>
> kernel-drm-cheri-src.tgz
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VEjfP_ESvWectlhvfc09t1e8NkSZUXKH/view?usp=sharing>
> drive.google.com
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VEjfP_ESvWectlhvfc09t1e8NkSZUXKH/view?usp=sharing>
> [image: drive_2020q4_32dp.png]
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VEjfP_ESvWectlhvfc09t1e8NkSZUXKH/view?usp=sharing>
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VEjfP_ESvWectlhvfc09t1e8NkSZUXKH/view?usp=sharing>
> 14.2-RELEASE with drm-subtree imported from cheribsd (
> https://github.com/CTSRD-CHERI/cheribsd)
>
> On 1 Aug 2025, at 19:52, Michał Kruszewski <mkru@protonmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what is the status of the Panfrost driver?
>
> A few years ago there was a request to add it to the source tree,
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34370.
> However, it was closed with a very short summary "Out of tree drivers
> exists for panfrost so include it."
> No rationale for the decision.
> How do comitters decided whether some driver shall be merged into the
> source tree or not.
>
> Does anyone use the out of tree drvier?
> What is your experience, is it stable?
>
> Best regards,
> Michał Kruszewski
>
>
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>
>

-- 
Mario.