GPU Drivers: A Decade of Innovation 🚀

Daniel Vetter

https://lca2020.linux.org.au/schedule/presentation/86/

About 10 years ago the first kernel modesetting drivers landed in upstream, with promise that this will usher in a new era in GPU drivers: Multi-application rendering, new compositors and maybe even working suspend/resume support. Then years later it is time to take stock and see were we are.

Spoiler: Things are really, really good!

Come and hear about the story of a community that grew massively: A subsystem with drivers spanning from the tiniest with less than a thousand lines to the largest with over 2 million. About how to create some really good shader compilers. And everything in between. Plus a few attempts at explaining how this success was possible.

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Wed Jan 15 11:40:00 2020 at Room 5