Does Armbian (Debian) support GPU acceleration on the XU4?

[freezr]

Hi guys,

 

this is something that I would like to achieve if feasible.

I remember that other OS like "RetroPie Arena" support GPU acceleration, thanks.

 

Any documentation to read? Thanks! 🙏

[igagis]

To me it looks like the GPU is not working. After installing Armbian (I tried both, minimal and with desktop env), everything works, but graphics does not look like accelerated.

Running glmark2 gives quite low FPS counts. Also it reports GL Vendor as Mesa/Xorg, i.e. not the GPU.

 

Any help on how to make GPU work would be welcome!

[Igor]

IIRC this was never integrated but was supported via community initiative:

 

[igagis]

That's unfortunate that it did not make it to the mainline

 

[Igor]

6 hours ago, igagis said:

That's unfortunate that it did not make it to the mainline

 

Those older devices are patiently waiting for a dedicated enthusiast with plenty of free time and a passion for tinkering. Sadly, the current Armbian maintainers are already stretched to the limit, and expanding our support efforts just isn’t feasible right now.

 

I had a wish, still have, to find and encourage a dedicated person to take a lead on maintaining those old devices (retro Armbian section) as we have to move them out of primary focus in order to survive.

 

Reaching mainline is not enough. Most of our work is dealing with problems that are originating from there. Mainline is just common work, but its often in not very good state. And when problems are found, it takes months before they are fixed. And someday they are not fixed anymore as critical mass of developers, interested in this devices, is just too small or too inexperienced.