This driver work in userspace
driver in linux kernel work in kernelspace
iam trying build mesa 3d driver from stable packages
https://www.mesa3d.org/relnotes/19.1.4.html
not understand you
i am await Orange pi 3, and try build Armbian with Panfrost patch.
in last commits Panfrost was updated to verison 1.1 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm/log/
later try backport to 5.3 kernel
you can patch kernel 4.3 with 2 commits, whitch add some mali feauters
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm/commit/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost?id=4bced8bea0943bb3c4b97012d2221d3aca5b9384