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Re: JOGL support for VideoCore 6 with Raspberry PI 4

Posted by Xerxes Rånby on Dec 01, 2019; 4:29pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/JOGL-support-for-VideoCore-6-with-Raspberry-PI-4-tp4040046p4040159.html

Support for starting JOGL rendering directly from console have been added to the 2.4.0 feature list and is implemented.

Jogamp 2.4.0 has now entered feature freeze: https://jausoft.com/blog/2019/11/30/jogamp-2-4-0-release-feature-freeze-complete/
Implementation details for DRM/GBM Support for JOGL(EGL) and NEWT: https://jogamp.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1156

The success video of a Raspberry Pi 4 starting JogAmp from console with monitor attached to HDMI 0.
Raspberry Pi 4, Raspbian buster armv6hf, video: http://www.zafena.se/support/jogamp/2.4.0-test-armv6hf-gbm/RaspberryPi4-JogAmp-2.4.0-HDMI0-console-test.mp4

armv6hf on Raspberry Pi 3b+ using Raspbian and internal 7" TFT
video: http://www.zafena.se/support/jogamp/2.4.0-test-armv6hf-gbm/armv6hf-raspbian-VC4-V3D-2.1-gbm.mp4