Vulkan Driver?

[ArmBoy1988]

Has anyone seen this?  The claims there is a Vulkan driver now:

 

https://github.com/Bleach665/Mali610Vulkan

 

Can't confirm.

[Arkadi]

https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip/issues/888

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/panvk-v10-support.html

 

Rockchip version segfaults for me (on Ubuntu) but I didn't spent any further time looking why.

[elvis]

Mesa3D's PanVK / Panthor driver is half of this.  The other half is support in the Linux kernel:

 

https://gitlab.collabora.com/hardware-enablement/rockchip-3588/notes-for-rockchip-3588/-/blob/main/mainline-status.md

 

Specifically the "Display Controller (VOP)" ("VOP" = Video Out Processor).  The HDMI PHY and bridge are slated for kernel 6.13-rc1.  Without those, the HMDI controller can't send a picture.  There are more portions too for 4K / 8K support, audio support, etc.  But at the very least with the PHY and bridge working, I think that enables native kernel + Mesa support to get a picture and use Vulkan. 

Kernel 6.12 was released today.  The 6.13 development cycle should begin soon, although there's often a break over Christmas and New Year, so I'm expecting something early 2025 for a full working solution. 

[elvis]

Collabora blogpost from Dec 20 confirms kernel 6.13 contains the necessary HDMI/VOP portions:

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/rockchip-rk3588-upstream-support-progress-future-plans.html

Code commits as well as blog comments suggest that specific resolution/refresh support will be a bit limited to start with, but that's being worked on for future releases.  Likewise CEC and V4L2 support is being worked on and will appear later in 2025 (not necessary for just getting a picture though, but useful for people looking to put rk3588s SoCs into media center or streaming server builds). 

At time of posting, 6.13-rc5 is the current release candidate, so I suspect 6.13 will be released within a few weeks.  I'm seeing a few people building 6.13-rc kernels for various rk3588s boards with some success (Panthor+HDMI seemingly producing a picture), so that's a positive sign for the upcoming release.