Pi 4 support progress and other package infos

mitu

@fluffypillow That's very cool ! I clicked every link possible and found a few missing/wrong ones. I've also hunt down a few missing license and we'll try to add in a PR.

herb_fargus

Now all we need is a graph of the download counts ;)

https://api.github.com/repos/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases

Swampy

@fluffypillow, here is an possible extension for your listing of the packages:

configuration/splash screens (not implemented in Pi 4 yet)
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2849
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2852
Sorry, found it!

Thank you very much for your hard work!

Swampy

@fluffypillow, frotz is working with rpi4 now.

fluffypillow

Ok, both pages now follow the master branch.

dmikester1

On the visual support progress page, do each of the columns with a specific architecture relate to one of the computers in the top chart? Or are they not related like that?

As a follow-up question, so if I wanted to see specifically which pieces still needed to be implemented for full rPI 4 support, which column would I need to look at?

mitu

@dmikester1 said in Pi 4 support progress and other package infos:

On the visual support progress page, do each of the columns with a specific architecture relate to one of the computers in the top chart? Or are they not related like that?

They are related, but there's not a 1:1 mapping - for instance ARMv7 covers both PI2 and Pi3, X11 and x86 are also related but not exclusive.

As a follow-up question, so if I wanted to see specifically which pieces still needed to be implemented for full rPI 4 support, which column would I need to look at?

The PI4 will rely on the KMS/DRM subsystem, so you can take a look at that column. Note that some packages are not working with KMS/DRM and it doesn't mean they'll be implemented for the PI4, so don't take that column as a 'progress'.

fluffypillow

For the record, here are the columns that affect the progress bars:

Raspberry Pi 0/1: VideoCore + ARMv6
Raspberry Pi 2: VideoCore + ARMv7
Raspberry Pi 3: VideoCore + ARMv8
Raspberry Pi 4: DRM/KMS + ARMv8
Odroid C1/XU3/XU4: Mali + ARMv7
Odroid C2: Mali + AArch64
Desktop Linux: X11 + x68

(This info is also visible when hovering on the progress bars with a mouse.)

camaro5690

I am patiently waiting for Pi4 support, I also haven't gone out and purchased one yet. I will get a Pi4 when the Retropie team has gotten there.

Magnum77

@camaro5690 said in Pi 4 support progress and other package infos:

I am patiently waiting for Pi4 support, I also haven't gone out and purchased one yet. I will get a Pi4 when the Retropie team has gotten there.

Same here.. I wonder if they will see a bump up in sales for raspberry pi 4 when retropie got a build for it.

Darksavior

@camaro5690 @Magnum77 The weekly dev builds are usable...

simpleethat

@fluffypillow thanks again for putting this together. For better or worse it has inspired me to start on a Pi4 build and hopefully learn a bit more about this stuff.

And to the rest of the team keep on doing the amazing stuff that you do.