3/06/2014

Broadcom Goes Open- Source: Will Galaxy Y See a Fully Stable CM ROM ?

Hii Frndz,
This Is Ds Chauhan .,,,

Last year, some developers from
Broadcom decided to give our CM
developers a hand with pre-built
test drivers that could not be
modified and it didn't seem to
work out that well.

Just yesterday, Broadcom have
announced at their blog that they
have decided to release the full
source of the OpenGL ES 1.1 and
2.0 driver stack for the Broadcom
VideoCore® IV 3D graphics
subsystem used in the BCM21553
3G integrated baseband SoC.

Experienced programmers
can:
*Rebuild the
BCM21553
Android 4.0
graphics stack
from source

*Develop fully
open drivers
for other
VideoCore
devices,
including the
Raspberry Pi’s
BCM2835 and
the BCM21654
(a low-cost 3G
integrated
baseband for
emerging
markets).

*Gain insight
into the
internal
operation of
VideoCore for
performance
tuning
purposes

*Write general-
purpose code
leveraging the
GPU compute
capability on
VideoCore
devices

This is basically what the
developers have been waiting to
see for pretty much two years now
and it has finally happened.

The question now is, will the Galaxy Y
actually get a stable CyanogenMod
or another AOSP rom?

These
drivers appear to be for the AOSP
ICS source which means that we
could actually see a working
CyanogenMod9 build in the near
future.

Unfortunately for us, this
happened quite late as many
people have given up hope long
ago and possibly ditched their
Galaxy Y for something better. Still,
there are developers out there
that may give this a try and release
a well working build for the
Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360.

Pretty much everyone at xda-
developers forums at the moment
is excited because of the news and
I am guessing you are all excited
now as well because this is
something that we have dreamed
for ever since the beginning of
Galaxy Y's custom rom
development.

Stay tuned and be sure to check
the blog daily for any updates
regarding this recent revolutionary
news.

Thnx To BroadcomCM team

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{ Ds Chauhan Guladi }

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