Theres no linux support for the mali 400 graphics chip, for instance. Stock firmware for mk806 mk807 mini pc installed on. The android and linux version of the mali gpus device driver provide lowlevel access to the malit6xx, malit7xx and malit8xx series gpus. Rikomagic announces mk802iii le and mk802iv le mini pcs preloaded with linux picuntu if youve been following the arm based mini pc space, you may already know about rikomagic mk802 iii and mk802 iv hdmi tv sticks, respectively based on rockchip rk3066 and rk3188, running android jelly bean. Software development for the mk802 is still in the early phases.
If the mk802 piqued your interest but has you pining for ubuntu, linux questions forum user michaelfisk has a solution. Contribute to rockchip linuxlibmali development by creating an account on github. Linux kernel and modules drivers are compiled adhoc for each type of device and distributed separately. As of 20190412, both drivers have had their userspace components merged into upstream mesa. These include both kernel drivers and userspace drivers in mesa. The android and linux version of the mali gpus device driver provide lowlevel access to the mali bifrost gpus. Performance is very impressive, especially given that mali gpu driver support in linux is still lacking features such as hardware video decoding. Proprietary drivers are available from the vendor for each mali. Pick the one that your prefer and follow the installation instructions in the next section.
Open source mali midgard gpu kernel drivers arm developer. Kernel crash loading mali drivers on most recent a10 build. The most important of these, known as the device driver, provides the lowlevel access to the mali 400 and mali 450 gpu. In a way it also summarises where we are with linux on the mk802 right now. Linux distributions that can run on an mk802 mini pc. Rikomagic announces mk802iii le and mk802iv le mini pcs.
Android gralloc module source code for mali200 300400450, malit6xx t7xxt860t880 and mali g71 gpus. Linux distributions that can run on an mk802 mini pc liliputing. But there are already a number of surprisingly useful versions of linux that can run on the mk802, offering 720 and 1080p screen resolutions. The mk802 mini android has quite a few options when it comes to linux images that work with the mk802. Source code for mali gpus kernel device drivers, ump device drivers and drm device drivers under gplv2 licence. If not done yet, make sure to install rockchip usb drivers first, as well.
Firmware upgrade and linux for mk802 android mini pc. Linux for rockchip rk3188 currently does not support mali400 gpu. Howto install and hack linux on t428 or mk802 iv mini pcs. Dual core mini pc mk802 iiis android mini pc product.