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[Vitaliy Kulikov <slonua@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Luca,

Thanks for replay )) My gma500 is somethere in Mediterranean Sea  ((

@Inmaculada, i have posted you email to GMA group. So, if somebody is
active they will help.

Regards,
Vitaliy.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Luca Forina <luca.forina@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Vitaly...
> I still have a gma500 devicd but it is closed in the wardrobe :)
> I don't know if there is anything better of xorg-modesetting and
> gma500-gfx kernel module. So no opengl stack and just decent 2d
> acceleration.
> I should give it a read and look for anything updated :)
> Luca,
>
> Can you help? ))
>
> Regards,
> Vitaliy.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <ILopez@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:55 AM
> Subject: I would like help from you about this issue.
> To: slonua@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: BRodriguez@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> *Dear **Vitaliy Kulikov* <https://launchpad.net/~slonua>* :*
>
> *I would like help from you  about this issue.*
>
> *Thanks in advance.*
> DIBAL is a company that designs and manufactures scales. One of the most
> important product of DIBAL (Scale PC) uses a CPU microprocessor Intel Atom
> D2550 inside. The Intel web is
>
> *http://ark.intel.com/es-es/products/65470/Intel-Atom-Processor-D2550-1M-Cache-1_86-GHz*
> <http://ark.intel.com/es-es/products/65470/Intel-Atom-Processor-D2550-1M-Cache-1_86-GHz>
>
> This microprocessor has embedded graphics chipset (GMA 3650). This
> chipset is designed by PowerVR as SGX545. Intel web: *Intel® Graphics
> Media Accelerator 500 (Intel® GMA 500)*
> <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/es/product/81506/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-500-Intel-GMA-500->
>
> The *Intel GMA 500* series, also known by it's codename *Poulsbo* or *Intel
> System Controller Hub US15W* <http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35444>,
>
> This DIBAL product (PC Scale) uses Red Hat operating system. The GMA 3650
> chipset doesn’t have a well-supported driver. In fact none of the drivers
> that are published on the web runs on Linux.
> The Intel drivers for GMA3650 are:
>
> a)        File: Intel_GMA500-5[1].0.0.0040.tar.gz
>
> *https://downloadcenter.intel.com/es/download/19158/Controlador-del-Acelerador-Intel-para-medios-gr-ficos-para-Linux-*
> <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/es/download/19158/Controlador-del-Acelerador-Intel-para-medios-gr-ficos-para-Linux->
> Driver del 2010. * 2010/06/30*
>
> b)        *https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/21938*
> <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/21938>
> Driver 2012.
> File: cdv-gfx-drivers-1.0.3_bee.tar.bz2
>
> *http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/enabling_hardware_accelerated_playback_fedora_16_v.pdf*
> <http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/enabling_hardware_accelerated_playback_fedora_16_v.pdf>
>
> The Linux community developed a driver called gma500_gfx. There is a
> version of Red Hat using this driver but is not official.
> This graphic chipset according to Intel documentation supports 2D graphics
> acceleration.
>
> An application that runs on Chrome, apache and php works fluidly
> Another application that is functionally the same and runs on Java doesn’t
> work smoothly.
> Java developers say it doesn’t work smoothly because no hardware
> acceleration chipset is used.
>
> We executed the following test to try to assess the performance of the
> chipset:
>
> J2BENCH *https://openbenchmarking.org/test/pts/j2dbench*
> <https://openbenchmarking.org/test/pts/j2dbench>
> glxgears
>
> The results were as follows:
>
> a)        *CPU Atom D2550. Operative System: Red Hat 6.6 Kernel 2.6.32
> .Graphic driver  VESA*
> $glxinfo | grep render
> direct rendering: Yes
> OpenGL renderer string:  sofware acceleration
>
> Execution time for J2BENCH test   2 min 47 sec
> Glxgears test   84 FPS
>
> b)        *CPU Atom D2550 Operative System:  Red Hat 6.6 Kernel 3.14.1
> Graphic driver gma500_gfx*
> $glxinfo | grep render
> direct rendering: Yes
> OpenGL renderer string:  sofware rasterizer
>
> Execution time for J2BENCH test  57 sec
> Glxgears test   90 FPS
>
> Si revisamos el fichero Xorg.0.log parece que no está utilizando la
> aceleración de hardware.
> [27.978]  (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
> [27.979]  (EE) AIGLX: Reverting to software rendering
>
> c)        *CPU with microproccesator i3-5010U**.** Operative System: Red
> Hat 7.3 Graphic driver  Intel HD Graphics 5500*
> $glxinfo | grep render
> direct rendering: Yes
> OpenGL renderer string:  Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2)
>
> Execution time for J2BENCH test  38 sec
> Glxgears test   6.500 FPS
>
>
> *We need help in this respect:*
>
>
> In *option b* “*CPU Atom D2550 Operative System:  Red Hat 6.6 Kernel
> 3.14.1 Graphic driver gma500_gfx”  *
>
> Are we using the maximum capacity of the graphics chipset?
>
> Is it possible to objectively measure the performance of this chipset?
>
> Is it possible to improve it?
>
> Is it possible to ensure that we are using hardware acceleration?
>
>
>  * Inmaculada López - ilopez@xxxxxxxxx <ilopez@xxxxxxxxx> - DIBAL, S.A. -
> Director Técnico / Technical Manager*
>
>
>
>
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