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Imagination Driver To Support The TI AM62P SoC In Linux 6.20~7.0

([Linux Kernel] 9 Hours Ago TI AM62P)


Sent out today was the latest DRM-Misc-Next pull request of new material ahead of the next kernel cycle either Linux 6.20 or 7.0 depending upon what Linus Torvalds decides to call it.

With this latest DRM-Misc-Next code on its way to DRM-Next until the Linux 6.20~7.0 merge window in February, most notable is adding TI AM62P SoC support for its graphics within the Imagination PowerVR driver.

The TI AM62P SoC features four Arm Cortex A53 cores and an Arm Cortex R5F. On the graphics side is the [1]Imagination PowerVR Rogue BXS-4 GPU . With patches now on their way to DRM-Next, that GPU support in the AM62P is good to go for end-users with this Imagination DRM kernel driver and in turn the PowerVR Vulkan driver in Mesa.

[2]This pull request has that TI AM62P support for the Imagination DRM driver plus various core fixes, warm boot handling for the Intel NPU6 for Nova Lake, AMDXDNA accelerator driver updates, and other clean-ups.

For those looking to try out Imagination's open-source PowerVR graphics driver stack, see yesterday's article: [3]$99 BeaglePlay Board Achieves "100% Open-Source" Upstream PowerVR Graphics .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/IMG-AM62P-AM67A-J722S

[2] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20260115-lilac-dragon-of-opposition-ac0a30@houat/

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/BeaglePlay-PowerVR-Success


Mass Exodus From Hollywood

During the past week, over 150 Hollywood actors, musicians, writers,
directors, and key grips have quit their day jobs and moved to the Midwest
to engage in quieter occupations such as gardening or accounting. All of
the these people cite piracy as the reason for giving up their careers.

"I simply can't sit by and let my hard work be stolen by some snot nosed
punk over the Internet," explained millionaire movie director Steve
Bergospiel. "There's absolutely no incentive to create movies if they're
going to be transmitted at the speed of light by thousands of infringers.
Such criminal acts personally cost me hundreds -- no, thousands -- of
dollars. I can't take that kind of fear and abuse anymore."

MPAA President Pei Pervue considers the exodus to be proof that Hollywood
is waking up to the fact that they are being "held hostage" by copyright
infringers. "Without copyright protection and government-backed monopolies
on intellectual property, these's absolutely no reason to engage in the
creative process. Now the Internet, with its click-and-pirate technology,
makes it easy for anybody to flout the law and become a copyright
terrorist. With the scales tipped so much in favor of criminals, it's no
wonder some of Hollywood's elite have thrown in the towel. What a shame."