It's Becoming Easier To Write Linux DRM Drivers | Linux Today

It’s Becoming Easier To Write Linux DRM Drivers

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Michael Larabel
Apr 11, 2017

While writing DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) drivers were once a rather daunting task and not really considered much by ARM/embedded developers, over the past few years DRM has evolved a lot as it’s picked up new drivers — especially for today’s many ARM SoCs — and its core infrastructure has improved with picking up many new helpers and other improvements that lower the barrier of entry for DRM development.

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Michael Larabel

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