Opened 10 years ago

Last modified 6 years ago

#571 new enhancement

Driver for Broadcom VideoCore IV (Raspberry Pi)

Reported by: Vojtech Horky Owned by:
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: helenos/drv/other Version: mainline
Keywords: gsoc14, gsoc15, gsoc16, gsoc17, gsoc18 Cc:
Blocker for: Depends on:
See also: #523

Description (last modified by Vojtech Horky)

Implement a driver for the graphics unit in Raspberry Pi pluggable into the HelenOS graphics stack.

Details
HelenOS can boot on Raspberry Pi but the output is currently limited to serial only.

The goal of this ticket is to implement a driver for the VideoCore IV chip that would be pluggable to the graphics stack and to the device driver framework implemented in HelenOS. The driver should at least support the HDMI port of Raspberry Pi and setting the optimal graphics mode depending on the output device connected to the HDMI port.
What Gains and Benefits will this bring?
Currently HelenOS does not provide any form of graphical output when running on Raspberry Pi. Adding support for graphical output would improve the experience when using HelenOS on this platform.
Difficulty
Medium
Required skills
A successful applicant will have good skills of programming in the C language and the ability to survive in a non-standard non-POSIX environment. Previous experience with driver or graphics stack implementation would be beneficial.
Documentation
Possible mentors
HelenOS Core Team, Martin Decky

Change History (5)

comment:1 by Martin Decky, 10 years ago

Description: modified (diff)

comment:2 by Vojtech Horky, 10 years ago

Description: modified (diff)

comment:3 by Jakub Jermář, 9 years ago

Keywords: gsoc15 added

comment:4 by Jakub Jermář, 8 years ago

Keywords: gsoc16 added

comment:5 by Jakub Jermář, 6 years ago

Keywords: gsoc18 added
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