Buildroot:GSoC2014 Multimedia

Boards

From the 2013 Google Summer of Code:

• Pandaboard (TI OMAP4)
• BeagleBoneBlack (TI AM335x)
• BeagleBoard XM (TI OMAP3)
• SABRE (Freescale i.MX6)
• Wandboard (Freescale i.MX6)
• Cubieboard (Allwinner)
• ODROID-U2 (Samsung Exynos)

To buy or get sponsored:

• An x86 platform with an Intel card (to test full OpenGL support in Mesa)
  • Minnowboard Max caould be a candidate, see http://www.minnowboard.org/meet-minnowboard-max/
• An x86 platform with an AMD APU (ditto mesa3d)

TODO

• Support OpenGL on Exynos
• Make sure OpenGL on Beagle Bone Black is working
• Help mainlining all the pending Buildroot patches related to multimedia
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/278299/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/278300/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/278301/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/278304/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/278305/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336028/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336031/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336827/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336825/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336830/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336824/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336828/
  • http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/336826/
• See if etnaviv can work for i.MX6
• Create new packages for (no specific ordering):
  • x86-video-fbturbo driver, see https://github.com/ssvb/xf86-video-fbturbo
  • glamor for 2D acceleration using OpenGL, see: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Glamor/
  • Qt5 Cinematic Experience demonstration, see http://quitcoding.com/?page=work
  • demo/benchmark application, see https://github.com/prabindh/xgxperf
  • gtk3
• Update Webkit