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dl lud, 09/02/2019 01:05 AM
Add first SwiftShader task.

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h1. Graphics on Replicant 9
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This page documents the current progress and future plans for the graphics acceleration on Replicant 9. The original plan can be found at [[TasksFunding#Graphics-acceleration]]. Since then, through more in depth research and hands-on experience, several things have diverged.
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Background information, as well as details on the software components and acronyms used on this document, can be found at [[GraphicsResearch]].
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h2. Graphics stack tasks
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|_. status |_. origin |_. short description |_. notes |_. estimated man-hours |_. actual man-hours |
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| done | original plan | Set up the development environment. | Required: i9305 phones, LXC Trisquel container (systemd nspawn fails due to old systemd on Trisquel 8), larger SSDs, 1.8V serial-USB adapters (BS101P FT232RL) plus makeshift resistors' banks. |>. 24 |>. 24 |
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| ongoing | original plan | Read graphics related AOSP documentation. | Never-ending task that, besides actual documentation, involves scouring through source-code, bug trackers, mailing lists and IRC logs. |>. 16 |>. 40 |
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| ongoing | new | Ask for help. | Bothering free-software developers[1] that have experience with or contribute to graphics sub-systems has been the most fruitful way to clear most roadblocks. |>. 0 |>. 0 |
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| done | original plan | Use Mesa's llvmpipe backend instead of softpipe. | Merge requests on Mesa: "!1402":https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/merge_requests/1402 and "!1403":https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/merge_requests/1403. There was no need to update LLVM version. |>. 40 |>. 28 |
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| ongoing | new | Use Mesa's kms_swrast driver with drm/exynos. | Solved with a "simple hack":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/replicant-9/external_mesa3d/commit/?id=e0a5e6c056c8281712bf6366acfe876215992613.
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TODO: make it more generic and send upstream.
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Perhaps have the if clause read a list of additional drivers that would be supplied at compile time. |>. 0 |>. 4 |
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| todo | original plan | Implement the missing pixel formats in drm/exynos. | |>. 72 |>. 0 |
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| todo | new | Get entire stack to use RGB555 pixel format. | Had a huge performance boost on Replicant 6. |>. 0 |>. 0 |
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| ongoing | original plan | Proper way to use DRM-Master and DRM-Auth with gbm_gralloc and drm_hwcomposer. | Tried:
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1. "Auth hack":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/GNUtoo/kernel_replicant_linux/commit/?h=history/lineage-16.0_i9300&id=e0f327c553befec2d367ac9a5ebef29b4291187a (both on @/dev/dri/card0@)
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2. "vGEM":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/replicant-9/kernel_replicant_linux/commit/?id=29fab049bea6a17e5f85ccb147df0e0046bbd487 (gbm gralloc on @/dev/dri/card1@) - Requires memory sync between vGEM and exynos. gbm gralloc cannot take advantage of exynos hardware planes.
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3. "Allow dumb buffers on render node":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/replicant-9/kernel_replicant_linux/commit/?id=805cc511ee2adc62ae40c4253fb8d378c3710a81 (gbm gralloc on @/dev/dri/renderD128@) - Dumb buffers are used for scanout. Should not be created on a render node.
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Correct solution is using DRM Magic and have both on @/dev/dri/card0@. |>. 40 |>. 4 |
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| ongoing | new | Use hardware planes for better composer performance. | Enabling HW planes with drm_hwcomposer was straightforward but led to severe graphics corruption.
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"Disabling devfreq":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/replicant-9/kernel_replicant_linux/commit/?id=90ceab148872e9515522c5150df16722822cf9d5 fixed the corruption. Tentative explanation: display controller frequency gets too low for timely DMA transfer of overlays.
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"Reported upstream.":https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg66752.html TODO: lock display controller frequencies through sysfs and re-enable devfreq. |>. 0 |>. 16 |
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| ongoing | new | Use Skia instead of HWUI to render the Canvas. | Unlike Replicant 6, none of the usual system props (e.g. @ro.kernel.qemu=1@, @ro.config.avoid gfx accel=1@) would yield the expected performance.
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Got there by forcing "@hardwareAccelerated=false@":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/replicant-9/frameworks_base/commit/?h=replicant-9&id=da9bab529acdb0bf5a0cbf3ac1962ca57fb6b5d7 on all apps.
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TODO: turn this dirty hack into a system property that can be toggled on the device tree. |>. 0 |>. 22 |
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| ongoing | original plan | Create test scenarios and check if the graphics stack works as expected. | Testing has been done manually with the default apps. TODO: use apps that specifically require GLES 2.0 (e.g. Firefox-based browsers). |>. 40 |>. 10 |
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| abandoned | original plan | Make the graphics stack work with vGEM driver besides drm/exynos. | No need. All Replicant targets have a display and, likely, a companion display controller with a fitting drm driver too. Most drm drivers expose a render node that Mesa can use. Better use that instead of vGEM. |>. 40 |>. 0 |
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| ongoing | original plan | Document the design decisions. | Done at this wiki page plus the presentation at [[ContributorsMeetingJuly2019#Presentations]]. |>. 16 |>. 58 |
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fn1. A big thanks to Joonas Kylmälä, Paul Kocialkowski, Andrés Domínguez, Denis Carikli, Mauro Rossi, Emil Velikov, Andrzej Hajda, Marek Szyprowski and LiquidAcid.
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h2. SwiftShader tasks
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|_. status |_. origin |_. short description |_. notes |_. estimated man-hours |_. actual man-hours |
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| done | original plan | Find a way to use SwiftShader instead of Mesa. | Joonas got there [[PortingToAndroid9#Using-SwiftShader-instead-of-Mesa3D-llvmpipe-for-software-rendering|with ranchu composer (from Android Emulator) and the default gralloc]]. |>. 40 |>. 0 |