Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
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Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#2In case anyone is confused, DRM refers to Direct Rendering Manager, not Digital Rights Management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager
Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#3In case anyone is confused, DRM refers to Direct Rendering Manager, not Digital Rights Management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager
Thanks, that's exactly what was confusing me.
Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#4In case anyone is confused, DRM refers to Direct Rendering Manager, not Digital Rights Management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager
Yeah that would be not a very proud thing to share
Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#5what does this have to do with the viking god of war like its not that hard to come up with some relevant name
Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#6what does this have to do with the viking god of war like its not that hard to come up with some relevant name
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Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#7what does this have to do with the viking god of war like its not that hard to come up with some relevant name
The GPUs themselves are named after norse mythology (utgard, midgard, bifrost, valhall), the driver names have been related to those (panfrost, panthor, and now tyr). And the whole theme comes from the fact that the GPUs originate from Norwegian company (later acquired by ARM)
Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#8Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#9Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) has to be one of the worst possible re-uses of an acronym ever. This is the second time I've seen it used recently without an expansion of the acronym.
Re: Tyr, a new Rust DRM driver targeting CSF-based ARM Mali GPUs
#10One thing that wasn't mentioned, what was the motivation for the re-write?