Panfrost Open Source Meets Arm GPUs
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PanfrostOpen Source Meets Arm GPUs
Open FirstOpen First
RobertFoss
@memcpy_io
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Hardware
● Mali 2/4XX GPUs● Launched 2007● OpenGL ES 2.0● Found in Samsung S2
ArchitecturesUtgard
● Mali TXXX GPUs● Launched 2012● OpenGL ES 3.2● OpenCL 1.2● Vulkan 1.1● Found in Asus C100
ArchitecturesMidgard
● Mali GXX GPUs● Launched 2016● OpenGL ES 3.2● OpenCL 2.0● Vulkan 1.1● Found in Huawei Honor 10
ArchitecturesBifrost
● Mali G77 GPU● Launched 2019● OpenGL ES 3.2● OpenCL 2.0● Vulkan 1.1● Found in ???
ArchitecturesValhall
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Drivers
● Supports all GPUs
DriversProprietary
● Supports all GPUs● Proprietary userspace driver
DriversProprietary
● Supports all GPUs● Proprietary userspace driver● Open Source kernel driver
DriversProprietary
● Supports all GPUs● Proprietary userspace driver● Open Source kernel driver● Kernel driver not upstreamable
DriversProprietary
● Supports Utgard
DriversLima
● Supports Utgard● Open Source userspace driver
DriversLima
● Supports Utgard● Open Source userspace driver● Open Source kernel driver
DriversLima
● Supports Utgard● Open Source userspace driver● Open Source kernel driver● Both upstreamed to Kernel & Mesa
DriversLima
● Supports Midgard
DriversPanfrost
● Supports Midgard● Targets adding Bifrost support
DriversPanfrost
● Supports Midgard● Targets adding Bifrost support● Open Source userspace driver
DriversPanfrost
● Supports Midgard● Targets adding Bifrost support● Open Source userspace driver● Open Source kernel driver
DriversPanfrost
● Supports Midgard● Targets adding Bifrost support● Open Source userspace driver● Open Source kernel driver● Both upstreamed to Kernel & Mesa
DriversPanfrost
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History
History
Lima Prototype
Gxx Shader Loader
Lima Prototype #2
Panfrost Prototype
Panfrost W
ayland
Panfrost G
nome Shell
2012
2020
Reverse Engineering
History
Panfrost committe
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Lima committed
2012
2020
Kernel and Mesa
Lima Prototype
Gxx Shader Loader
Lima Prototype #2
Panfrost Prototype
Panfrost W
ayland
Panfrost G
nome Shell
2012
2020
Reverse Engineering
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Demo
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What Comes Next
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What Comes Next
● Improved OpenGL support
– Desktop OpenGL, OpenGL ES 3.X
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What Comes Next
● Improved OpenGL support
● Wider hardware support
– Currently Mali T860 best tested
– More GPUs need enabling
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What Comes Next
● Improved OpenGL support
● Wider hardware support
● Improved performance
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What Comes Next
Panfrost
Proprietary
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
glmark2 score
Mali-T860, RK3399, Wayland & On-screen
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What Comes Next
● Improved OpenGL support
● Wider hardware support
● Improved performance
– Currently faster in some tests
– Compiler intense tests often slower
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What Comes Next
● Improved OpenGL support
● Wider hardware support
● Improved performance
● OpenCL
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What Comes Next
● Improved OpenGL support
● Wider hardware support
● Improved performance
● OpenCL
● Vulkan
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Why Open Source?
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Why Open Source?● Long-term support
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Why Open Source?● Long-term support
● High performance & conformance
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Why Open Source?● Long-term support
● High performance & conformance
● Much simpler debugging
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Why Open Source?● Long-term support
● High performance & conformance
● Much simpler debugging
● Old hardware receives new features
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Why Open Source?● Long-term support
● High performance & conformance
● Much simpler debugging
● Old hardware receives new features
● No vendor lock-in
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Thank you!
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