[oe] [meta-browser] CFT: Chromium 62 in meta-browser

[Ayoub Zaki]

Hi Otavio,

that's a shame :-( thanks for the information.
are they other browsers that are well supported with GPU acceleration on
iMX6 ?
what about Firefox ?
Thank you!

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Otavio Salvador <
otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Ayoub Zaki <ayoub.zaki at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thank you, indeed I used rocko branches and it seems to build and also
> run
> > on an iMX6!
> > I use a mainline kernel 4.14  and with iMX6 Etnaviv GPU acceleration
> > support.
> > It's not clear for me how to enable GPU acceleration with chromium +
> > Etnaviv :
> > I tried the switch --use-gl=any,  it starts up but when running WebGL
> demo
> > Chromium/Etnaviv is crashing...
> > For normal browsing it works just fine however I noticed that CPU
> > consumption is very high > 50%
> > Anyone having better experience with Chromium + HW accleration support on
> > iMX6 ?
>
> The i.MX6 support requires a number of patches to properly support its
> hardware. Currently not well supported ...
>
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