| Building the Mali Device Driver for Linux |
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| Build the Mali Device Driver for Linux by running the following make command: |
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| KDIR=<kdir_path> USING_UMP=<ump_option> BUILD=<build_option> make |
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| where |
| kdir_path: Path to your Linux Kernel directory |
| ump_option: 1 = Enable UMP support(*) |
| 0 = disable UMP support |
| build_option: debug = debug build of driver |
| release = release build of driver |
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| (*) For newer Linux Kernels, the Module.symvers file for the UMP device driver |
| must be available. The UMP_SYMVERS_FILE variable in the Makefile should |
| point to this file. This file is generated when the UMP driver is built. |
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| The result will be a mali.ko file, which can be loaded into the Linux kernel |
| by using the insmod command. |
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| Use of UMP is not recommended. The dma-buf API in the Linux kernel has |
| replaced UMP. The Mali Device Driver will be built with dma-buf support if the |
| kernel config includes enabled dma-buf. |
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| The kernel needs to be provided with a platform_device struct for the Mali GPU |
| device. See the mali_utgard.h header file for how to set up the Mali GPU |
| resources. |
