Re: Qt with GLES on arm64 maintainer's decision - Was:: Upcoming Qt switch to OpenGL ES on arm64

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> Both Dmitry and I just learned that the RPI has the VC4 driver which enables
>> it to do hardware acceleration for Desktop OpenGL, we must admit that this is
>> a game changer in many ways, even if we are talking on just one board (but
>> quite an ubiquitous one).
> I expect this also applies to any driver in (or soon to be in) mesa,
> including freedreno (Qualcomm), panfrost (Mali), lima (Mali), Etnaviv
> (Vivante), Tegra etc. Drivers only supporting GLES seems to be a
> something that happens only with the proprietary drivers.

So, IIUC this means that armhf's Qt will likely want to switch to OpenGL
in the (hopefully near) future (when the use of proprietary drivers on
armhf boards becomes rarely necessary thanks to the availability of
lima/...)?


        Stefan