This is based on the guide at http://linux-sunxi.org/Qt5_For_Mali_Binarieswith modification. 

 

1. compile armbian (In my case Jessie without desktop) from source https://github.com/igorpecovnik/lib

 

2. log in and edit /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf  add following line:

8189fs

mali

ump

drm

mali_drm

sunxi_cedar_mod

 

3. Change the default gcc to gcc-4.8:

sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 10

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.9 10

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 20

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8 20

 

// Switch between version

sudo update-alternatives --config gcc

 

sudo update-alternatives --config g++

 

3. Compile and install Mali Driver:

add a file to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and call it 50-mali.rules with following content:

KERNEL=="mali", MODE="0660", GROUP="video"

KERNEL=="ump", MODE="0660", GROUP="video"

 

add the following to /etc/apt/source.list:

deb http://packages.linux-sunxi.org/ubuntu/quantal main

deb-src http://packages.linux-sunxi.org/ubuntu/quantal main

 

Run the following in console:

sudo apt-get install libump

apt-get install debhelper dh-autoreconf fakeroot pkg-config

apt-get install git build-essential autoconf automake

apt-get install xutils-dev

git clone --recursive https://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-mali.git

cd sunxi-mali

make config

sudo make install

 

Reboot the board

 

4. Install dependencies: 

sudo apt-get install libxcb1 libxcb1-dev libx11-xcb1 libx11-xcb-dev \

  libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-image0 libxcb-image0-dev  \

  libxcb-shm0 libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-icccm4-dev \

  libxcb-sync0-dev libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-render-util0-dev \

  libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxrender-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev \  libsqlite3-dev \

  libxcb-glx0-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev\

 

sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev libdbus-1-dev libudev-dev libicu-dev libsqlite3-dev libxslt1-dev libssl-dev libasound2-dev libavcodec-dev libswscale-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev gstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev gstreamer-tools  streamer0.10-plugins-bad libpulse-dev libx11-dev libglib2.0-dev  freetds-dev libsqlite0-dev libpq-dev libiodbc2-dev libmysqlclient-dev firebird-dev libpng12-dev libgst-dev libxext-dev libxcb1 libxcb1-dev libx11-xcb1 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-shm0 libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-render-util0

libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxrender-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libxi-dev libdrm-dev

 

5. Download Qt everywhere source and extract

 

6. ./configure -release -opensource -confirm-license -opengl es2 -no-pch -nomake examples —nomake tests -skip multimedia 

 

7. make & make install (NB: using -j3 seems to give error when compile)

On 15.7.2016 at 3:31 AM, tonychen said:

d sunxi-mali

Sorry if this is stupid, I'm a complete newbie to this. I'm running self-compiled Armbian 5.41 (Mainline) on an OrangePi One.

 

I tried to follow your tutorial, however when I got to "make config"

Error: Failed to open /dev/mali: No such file or directory
Makefile.config:57: Unknown/unhandled Mali Version ""
Makefile.config:58: Use VERSION=(r2p4,r3p0,r3p1,r3p2-01rel1) instead
Error: Failed to open /dev/mali: No such file or directory
Makefile.config:59: *** Unknown/unhandled Mali Version "".  Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/sunxi-mali'
Makefile:12: recipe for target 'config.mk' failed
make[1]: *** [config.mk] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/sunxi-mali'
Makefile:8: recipe for target 'config' failed
make: *** [config] Error 2

so I tried modprobe mali and got

modprobe: FATAL: Module mali not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.18-sunxi

And noticed that folder doesn't exist, just a couple ones like "4.13.0-37-generic". Now I checked with http://linux-sunxi.org/Mali_binary_driver#Modules

and got just as far there.  Any ideas?

12 minutes ago, Clum said:

Any ideas?

Go for the legacy kernel. There is no MALI in a modern kernel .. yet.

3 minutes ago, Igor said:

Go for the legacy kernel. There is no MALI in a modern kernel .. yet.

Thanks for your response! My issue with the Legacy Kernel is that I can't get my touchscreen to run - either you can use touch or you can use the screen, never both. This works well on Mainline. I guess I'll have to wait for the Mali support then

19 minutes ago, Clum said:

I guess I'll have to wait for the Mali support then

Theoretically you could put things together on 4.14.y but not recommended. 4.17.y ... in a few months to get theoretical grounds, then few more to get things operational.

53 minutes ago, Igor said:

Theoretically you could put things together on 4.14.y but not recommended. 4.17.y ... in a few months to get theoretical grounds, then few more to get things operational.

I think that is waaaay beyond my expertise. This https://bootlin.com/blog/mali-opengl-support-on-allwinner-platforms-with-mainline-linux/ sounds like there is some hope though.