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Mainline stable Kernel 4.20.17 Cedrus + gbm

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@avafinger avafinger released this 22 Jun 23:41
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Mainline stable Kernel 4.20.17 (Kodi)

This kernel is provided as a POC where you can build Kodi

Mainline stable kernel 4.20.17 ready to build Kodi:

  • Cedrus (VPU)
  • Mali (GBM)
  • hdmi-sound
  • wifi + eth
  • tools to test cedrus and gbm (pre-built)

To test mali GBM you can run kmscube
To test cedrus you can run v4l2-request-test

VPU test

Testing cedrus on mainline is quite simple, run the tests below:

cd v4l2-request-test
sudo ./v4l2-request-test -l -f 25 -P ed-mpeg2

or

sudo ./v4l2-request-test -l -f 25 -P caminandes-h265

Mali GBM test

To test mali GBM you need to setup the mali blobs provided by https://github.com/bootlin/mali-blobs

sudo ./kmscube

When you run the kmscube you will see a cube spinning

Install kernel 4.20.17

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-4.20.17_1.0-24.deb
sudo reboot