{"id":320,"date":"2012-10-26T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=320"},"modified":"2012-10-26T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T08:18:11","slug":"open-source-gpu-userland-and-opinion-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Open source GPU userland (and opinion piece)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTIxNDk\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Architecture-and-Source-266x3001.png' alt='[Phoronix] Raspberry Pi GPU Driver Turns Out To Be Crap' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Very out of my depth on this one, but here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/archives\/2221\">announcement from the Foundation<\/a>. At first glance, it appears to be a huge step forward, but others have taken this as an opportunity to heap abuse and criticism on the Foundation. This article over at Phoronix:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTIxNDk\">Raspberry Pi GPU Driver Turns Out To Be Crap<\/a>\u00a0sums it up and links to a couple of other articles. Apparently, the abuse has been quite shocking on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>I say we should be grateful the Foundation has released anything at all. I wouldn&#8217;t know what to do with it, but it sounds like a step forward even if it&#8217;s not the whole shebang as developers have been asking for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTIxNDk\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f08ae85d0ab83fff9b3bf876d1ddc91?s=39&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D39&amp;r=G\" alt=\"[Phoronix] Raspberry Pi GPU Driver Turns Out To Be Crap\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once again, I think the only criticism that can be aimed at the Foundation is a lack of editorial control, especially with their headlines. There&#8217;s rather too much small print and information-on-the-side about this for my liking &#8211; apparently, Eben and Liz have been quite clear about what has\u00a0<em>actually<\/em>been released but the<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTIxNDk\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62a2172c0b957c62e695292f1bbb3ab0?s=39&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D39&amp;r=G\" alt=\"[Phoronix] Raspberry Pi GPU Driver Turns Out To Be Crap\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>information is spread out far and wide. As always, responses to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/archives\/2221#comment-34981\">criticisms<\/a> have been met with the usual sarcasm (&#8220;We don&#8217;t want you developing an ulcer&#8221; quips Liz) and snide remarks, and as always the complainers are expected to take these remarks and ignore them, lest they get banned, blocked or otherwise covered in hot lead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoronix.com\/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTIxNDk\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/thumbs-up1.jpg' alt='[Phoronix] Raspberry Pi GPU Driver Turns Out To Be Crap' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lack of public relations skills aside, however, the Foundation has done a\u00a0<em>good thing\u00a0<\/em>here. If you can&#8217;t feel grateful, at least give them credit for moving things forward when they didn&#8217;t have to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very out of my depth on this one, but here is the announcement from the Foundation. 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