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ics hw acceleration - ICS Tegra2 drivers are here

Anyone knows when nvidia plans to release drivers so we can have hw acceleration working in ICS.
EDIT: There are binary drivers for Tegra2 and ICS in Acer A200 tablet.
http://www.acertabletforum.com/foru...4-0-3-ultrabase-rooted-busybox-installed.html

No one knows and as the scene looks like, they never will release it...
We have many hardworking devz out there, I'm sure before Nvidia releases the code or even think to, we would have got jellybean too
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nexus2515 said:
No one knows and as the scene looks like, they never will release it...
We have many hardworking devz out there, I'm sure before Nvidia releases the code or even think to, we would have got jellybean too
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and what good would jelly bee without drivers for our device?
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nexus2515 said:
No one knows and as the scene looks like, they never will release it...
We have many hardworking devz out there, I'm sure before Nvidia releases the code or even think to, we would have got jellybean too
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I'd understand that they're not releasing the drivers because they rule the scene, but open source guys are running circles around them.

Qualcomm just released drivers for the adreno 2xx series So there is some hope from manufacturers

grognaz said:
and what good would jelly bee without drivers for our device?
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I meant to say tht our hard wrking devs can find some way and get us jellybean android too
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Galaid said:
I'd understand that they're not releasing the drivers because they rule the scene, but open source guys are running circles around them.
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I think they are doing these coz they Don't want other manufacturers to copy thier drivers or something like that
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Scougar said:
Qualcomm just released drivers for the adreno 2xx series So there is some hope from manufacturers
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Qualcomm never hid anything from develpors( at least i never heard about it)
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nexus2515 said:
I meant to say tht our hard wrking devs can find some way and get us jellybean android too
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LOL, with all the work that ICS is giving just to release it for O2X i seriously doubt that we will ever get Jelly bean...

Sesto_Sento said:
LOL, with all the work that ICS is giving just to release it for O2X i seriously doubt that we will ever get Jelly bean...
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Have patiece bro
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Guys, ACER Iconia A200 has Tegra2 and ICS, why we cannot reuse those binary drivers for our Tegra2?
THE ROM IS here: http://www.acertabletforum.com/forum/acer-a200-roms/3974-rom-ics-4-0-3-ultrabase-rooted-busybox-installed.html
Atrix 4G also has Tegra2, ICS is comming soon..
http://www.motorola.com/blog/2012/02/15/update-motorola-ice-cream-sandwich-news/?pubid=987654
I believe Samsung Galaxy R (SGS2 with Tegra2) as well..
But A200 is here, I believe something can be cooked

First of all i'm not 100% sure about i'm about to say, but:
NVidia will probably never publish source codes of their drivers. They never did and they never will. Only phone manufacturer (LG in this case) can ask NVidia to make for them a specific kernel (or HAL?) with all required drivers. As far as i know LG is planning to do it becouse they want to give us official ICS "soon".
And about taking drivers from other devices...
It's quite complicated. In simple words hw video drivers are connected to specific kernel and somehow with other drivers (f.e sound, radio) which are diffrent then in f.e galaxy R. Samewhere on Ricardo Cerqueira's Google+ page was a discussion where someone explained how does it work and why it doesn't, but i can't find it atm.
Sorry about my english

RoXeon said:
First of all i'm not 100% sure about i'm about to say, but:
NVidia will probably never publish source codes of their drivers. They never did and they never will. Only phone manufacturer (LG in this case) can ask NVidia to make for them a specific kernel (or HAL?) with all required drivers. As far as i know LG is planning to do it becouse they want to give us official ICS "soon".
And about taking drivers from other devices...
It's quite complicated. In simple words hw video drivers are connected to specific kernel and somehow with other drivers (f.e sound, radio) which are diffrent then in f.e galaxy R. Samewhere on Ricardo Cerqueira's Google+ page was a discussion where someone explained how does it work and why it doesn't, but i can't find it atm.
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We don't need the source, just the binaries. Driver shouldn't depend on the kernel, afaik.

Galaid said:
We don't need the source, just the binaries.
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I never said we do
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Driver shouldn't depend on the kernel, afaik.
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HAL has to match kernel. Thats why we can't use GB divers and thats why we can't use drivers from other devices with same video hw.

RoXeon said:
I never said we do
HAL has to match kernel. Thats why we can't use GB divers and thats why we can't use drivers from other devices with same video hw.
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What would be the purpose of Qualcomm releasing user-mode driver binaries for Adreno 2xx GPU on Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich if it wasn't possible to integrate them with AOSP for any Adreno 2xx GPU?

Galaid said:
What would be the purpose of Qualcomm releasing user-mode driver binaries for Adreno 2xx GPU on Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich if it wasn't possible to integrate them with AOSP for any Adreno 2xx GPU?
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Ok, i have no clue how it works, but still - HAL uses libs that are in kernel (HAL is dynamically linked with them). If other kernel version has diffrent structs, HAL simply won't work with that kernel. I thought that diffrent devices have a bit diffrent hw related libs (maybe some phones like O2X do?) in kernel which is messing up with HAL.
Taking into account Your post, at this point i have no idea why HAL is or is not related to specific device.

WTF, ICS Camera for froyo/GB but no ICS port cam ?

I came across this article today, read it & immediately thought "WTF is this" ??? ICS cam for froyo/GB but no cam for @maclaws ICS port ?
How is it possible to get that feckin cam on froyo/GB but not for actual ICS port ?
Goddamn ICS+ cam is now available on Google Play (rub some salt in the wound anyone ?)...
What say the devs regarding this new developement ?
Original info article here : http://www.androidauthority.com/camera-ics-app-review-62670/
Google Play ICS+ camera info here : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraicsplus
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky Peeps...
Pe"ACE"...

That's just a normal camera app with ICS camera app looks -.-
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@ReaperXL2
you need to check some facts
dev used ICS camera stock app sources and compiled it on GB/Froyo APIs so that that "cool" looks love get to the GB/Froyo peoples
maclaw problem is comletely different as he is implementing camera on "ICS" which is definitely not easy task to do as he have to make camera driver wrapper from scratch sources

Panoramic mode works just the same on it. Just can't edit photos the way u can with ics.
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madman_amit said:
@ReaperXL2
you need to check some facts
dev used ICS camera stock app sources and compiled it on GB/Froyo APIs so that that "cool" looks love get to the GB/Froyo peoples
maclaw problem is comletely different as he is implementing camera on "ICS" which is definitely not easy task to do as he have to make camera driver wrapper from scratch sources
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Bro, I did check, but as I am not a "DEV" I did not know the true complications of trying to get ics cam working within ace/ics framework. I meant no disrespect to @maclaw & Team for their exemplary efforts & hard work.
Thank you for filling in the blanks in my knowledge base, I am now more wise with regard to our beloved ics port...
FYI : here is official quote from devs of ICS+ camera...
Quote "Camera ICS is an improved version of the official Camera app included on Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0).
We have also added support for Honeycomb (Android 3.0) tablets.
--- NEW FEATURES ---
- Color effects (mono,sepia,negative,...)
- Silent mode (no shutter sound, might not work on some devices)
- Picture quality setting (low/medium/high/ultra)
- Video bitrate selection (normal/2x)
- Video stabilization on/off (only 4.0)
- 720p face effects (only 4.0)
- Panorama mode and time-lapse video on Honeycomb tablets
What's in this version:
1.0.3b
Motorola "black after picture" bug fixed
Silent mode fix
1.0.3
Compatible with Froyo & Gingerbread
Intel x86 support
Configurable volume keys
Bugs fixed
1.0
No ads!
8MP pictures support
Android 3.0.1 bug fixed " End Quote.
Anybody wanting to try this cam app can grab it from my 4Shared here : http://www.4shared.com/android/fqkh3wdB/c103b_2.html
Google Play version is paid version. 4Shared version is free version (legit/not cracked)...
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky peeps...
Pe"ACE"...

txnolesfan93 said:
Panoramic mode works just the same on it. Just can't edit photos the way u can with ics.
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Thanx for that info bro... Giving you a +1 to get you started. Not tried this app yet but wondering if we can use it as a replacement in ICS port until @maclaw sorts it out properly ?
Mebe @madman can help here ?
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ReaperXL2 said:
Thanx for that info bro... Giving you a +1 to get you started. Not tried this app yet but wondering if we can use it as a replacement in ICS port until @maclaw sorts it out properly ?
Mebe @madman can help here ?
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky...
Pe"ACE"...
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No camera app will work on maclaw ics port.Because its not the app that is the problem but the drivers and libs that are.And those drivers and libs are proprietary .In GB Cm7 we have them as Samsung already released GB ROM. But not for ICS since there is no Samsung support. Maclaw is trying to compile those things which is really difficult since only Samsung knows the hardware and its code.
And an app cannot run without proper drivers and libs.

sergeantgeneral said:
No camera app will work on maclaw ics port.Because its not the app that is the problem but the drivers and libs that are.And those drivers and libs are proprietary .In GB Cm7 we have them as Samsung already released GB ROM. But not for ICS since there is no Samsung support. Maclaw is trying to compile those things which is really difficult since only Samsung knows the hardware and its code.
And an app cannot run without proper drivers and libs.
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Thanx for that info bro... Again, knowledge learned & retained...
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[Q] Implementing autofocus in video LG 2X

Hi I wanted to know why you can not implement the continuous fire in the video, any rom, which is stock or cm7 or even CM9.
I remember someone was working but then you have not heard more talk about anything and that version was not fully functional.
Can you tell me something?

I think it's because the Nvidia drivers that runs the camera are closed source and modding AF requires this sources to work properly.

tablighs said:
I think it's because the Nvidia drivers that runs the camera are closed source and modding AF requires this sources to work properly.
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So if as you say would be enough to extrapolate from the sources of Lg Gingerbread stock rom to try to do this mod.
Even if I repeat someone had already tried to do it!

[Solved] [Help] Flashable Adreno drivers for ICS

I have searched everywhere, I could not find a flashable zip for latest Adreno 205 drivers for our device. Only thread I could find is this in DEV section, and bit skeptical about bootloops with this one.
I keep on reading in forums, where people are reporting improved performance with the new drivers.
Am currently in latest update of RCSET's CM9 with ardX's kernel (May 17 one). Could not get MX player to decode using hardware and playing 720p with hardware acceleration will make this ROM a great experience
Can somebody point me towards the drivers, I would be most grateful. (elol has most of the good stuff )

It is in the thread of ck kernel 0.2b

Tanuj Chhibber said:
It is in the thread of ck kernel 0.2b
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Yes, CK pointed to me in CM9 thread.
The driver link and the post if anyone is interested.
CacingKalung said:
This kernel also work with the latest Adreno Driver
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I think the file from elol in this post is the latest
elol said:
Hye CK this is the new adreno for ur device...:good:
Adreno_ICS_Update.zip
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Thanks for the concern though

[driver/libs][jelly bean adreno 2.x.x libs from xperia play]

Here are drivers for ICS/JB from the Xperia Play forums.

Can this do any good for games (HD games?) As far now I am on cm10. All is working well . I do not want yo get screwed up now. If this will for sure improve gaming performance I would like to tty. But please advice this will not effect other performance......
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leoaeries said:
Can this do any good for games (HD games?) As far now I am on cm10. All is working well . I do not want yo get screwed up now. If this will for sure improve gaming performance I would like to tty. But please advice this will not effect other performance......
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Backup CWM first
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I don't think this will work, because as far as i know these are not actually drivers but shared objects *.so (much like dll files in windows). The gpu drivers are actually compiled within the kernel and the version of these *.so files must match with the version of the gpu drivers compiled within the kernel. So unless those match i don't see these working for us. However i may be wrong, devs can throw more light on this.

nayneshdev said:
I don't think this will work, because as far as i know these are not actually drivers but shared objects *.so (much like dll files in windows). The gpu drivers are actually compiled within the kernel and the version of these *.so files must match with the version of the gpu drivers compiled within the kernel. So unless those match i don't see these working for us. However i may be wrong, devs can throw more light on this.
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Actually all version of CM7 / CM9 for Motorola Triumph, and edowar's have not been built from source. All files have been copied over and built with the source code. Here is a few examples of the code copying
CM7 MTDEV
https://github.com/MTDEV-CM7/vendor/blob/cm7/motorola/triumph/triumph-vendor-blobs.mk#L82
CM9 MTDEV
https://github.com/MTDEV-CM9/vendor/blob/ics/motorola/triumph/triumph-vendor-blobs.mk#L206
CM9 edowar
https://github.com/edowar/android_device_fb0/blob/ICS/device_fb0.mk#L230

Yes i understand that. But afaik edowar had built a 0.32 kernel with newer gpu drivers which is used in bumblebee rom ported from whyzor's cm7. If u use the same gpu drivers(*.so) in any other 0.32 based rom then they won't work without using the same edowar kernel. And i think the sources for more recent gpu drivers are taken from code aurora forum.
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leoaeries said:
Can this do any good for games (HD games?) As far now I am on cm10. All is working well . I do not want yo get screwed up now. If this will for sure improve gaming performance I would like to tty. But please advice this will not effect other performance......
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Hey leo,
What HD games can you play on our ICS and JB ROMs?
Thanks.
^_^

nayneshdev said:
Yes i understand that. But afaik edowar had built a 0.32 kernel with newer gpu drivers which is used in bumblebee rom ported from whyzor's cm7. If u use the same gpu drivers(*.so) in any other 0.32 based rom then they won't work without using the same edowar kernel. And i think the sources for more recent gpu drivers are taken from code aurora forum.
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You are correct there is some changes for those specific drivers based on the kernel (forgot to mention that ) here is the commits needed for the kernel
https://github.com/Whyzor/WX_435_Kernel-CM7/commits/master
Look at all the commits from Mar 01, 2012 and that will get you in business with those specific drivers.

Actually these libs work fine. tested in cm10 and cm9 for our device

nachiketa.ramesh said:
Actually these libs work fine. tested in cm10 and cm9 for our device
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If the libs work fine then, i don't expect any differences, cause the versions will be the same.