svn commit: r47976 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sat Jan 9 19:45:00 UTC 2016

Author: bjk
Date: Sat Jan  9 19:44:58 2016
New Revision: 47976
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47976

Log:
  Add report on raspberry pi video support from gonzo

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml	Sat Jan  9 19:39:48 2016	(r47975)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml	Sat Jan  9 19:44:58 2016	(r47976)
@@ -725,4 +725,40 @@
       </task>
     </help>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='proj'>
+    <title>Raspberry Pi: VideoCore userland application packaging</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Mikaël</given>
+	  <common>Urankar</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>mikael.urankar at gmail.com</email>
+      </person>
+
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Oleksandr</given>
+	  <common>Tymoshenko</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>gonzo at FreeBSD.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <body>
+      <p>The Raspberry Pi SoC consists of two parts: ARM and GPU
+	(VideoCore).  Many interesting features like OpenGL, video
+	playback, and HDMI controls are implemented on the VideoCore side
+	and can be accessed from the OS through libraries provided by
+	Broadcom (userland repo).  These libraries were ported to &os;
+	some time ago, so Mikaël created the port
+	<tt>misc/raspberrypi-userland</tt> for them.  He also created a
+	port for <tt>omxplayer</tt> (a low-level video player that
+	utilizes VideoCore APIs) and is working on a port for Kodi
+	(ex-XBMC), a more user-firendly media player software with
+	Raspberry Pi support.</p>
+    </body>
+  </project>
 </report>
