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Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] virtio-gpu: Support Venus Vulkan driver
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Dmitry Osipenko |
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Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] virtio-gpu: Support Venus Vulkan driver |
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Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:27:41 +0300 |
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On 3/13/23 15:58, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
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>> 2) Additional context type: gfxstream [i]?
>>
>> One of the major motivations for adding context types in the
>> virtio-gpu spec was supporting gfxstream. gfxstream is used in the
>> Android Studio emulator (a variant of QEMU) [ii], among other places.
>> That would move the Android emulator closer to the goal of using
>> upstream QEMU for everything.
>
> What is the advantage of using gfxstream over virgl? or zink+venus?
>
> Only AOSP can run with virgl perhaps? I am not familiar with Android
> development.. I guess it doesn't make use of Mesa, and thus no virgl
> at all?
+1 I'm also very interested in getting an overview of gfxstream
advantages over virgl and why Android emulator can't move to use
virgl+venus (shouldn't it just work out-of-the-box already?). Thanks!
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Best regards,
Dmitry