Petition: New OpenMAX IL for devices based on Qualcomm MSM7227

[neimovirne]

Petition - http://www.groubal.com/ics-compatible-openmax-il-compiled-for-armv6-from-qualcomm/

pls vote this

and forum Qualcomm - https://developer.qualcomm.com/forum/qdevnet-forums/multimedia-optimization-qdsp/13248

 

[HardGeek...]

Already signed...
but why make another post, i think that one is enough .

 

[KeitIG]

Already signed...
but why make another post, i think that one is enough .

It's another one with more explanations especially for Qualcomm

And the other thread was not updated

 

[sweetnsour]

Already signed...
but why make another post, i think that one is enough .

The petition from change.org is totally wrong. That petition was geared towards ARM, when really it should be for Qualcomm. This new petition is for Qualcomm (so the near 10000 signatures on that other petition are pretty much useless; the only use I can see in them is if Qualcomm is swayed by the number of people supporting the cause).

 

[watusi]

already signed....also post the links to other fb group and local forum

 

[edinrh]

and how many signatures are needed for this petition? or have to wait qualcomm?

 

[Joel Chan]

and how many signatures are needed for this petition? or have to wait qualcomm?

We might get a million signatures but if Qualcomm says no, then that's the end of the story

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[rotorto]

How many signatures is the target? 10,000?

 

[HardGeek...]

The petition from change.org is totally wrong. That petition was geared towards ARM, when really it should be for Qualcomm. This new petition is for Qualcomm (so the near 10000 signatures on that other petition are pretty much useless; the only use I can see in them is if Qualcomm is swayed by the number of people supporting the cause).

yeah i know about that, but they could just edit the first post

anyway hope that Qualcomm will release the drivers soon, ICS will be great on our O1

EDIT : nearly 1500 signatures, COOL !!!

 

[divanikus]

Previous one had only 4337 signatures under it, and it was just enough to take their attention... Still no replies from officials on their forums...

 

[Asovse1]

Back last year, us in the Legend community were harassing HTC on their Facebook page for our Froyo update. Great times!

Now that I own a P500, I want to further make our voices heard through Facebook, so the petition has been (hopefully) made to QC's attention:
http://www.facebook.com/qualcomm/posts/242180012557312

 

[valent|n0]

Back last year, us in the Legend community were harassing HTC on their Facebook page for our Froyo update. Great times!

Now that I own a P500, I want to further make our voices heard through Facebook, so the petition has been (hopefully) made to QC's attention:
http://www.facebook.com/qualcomm/posts/242180012557312

click the like button !

 

[valent|n0]

Hey guys check this out!
I love qualcomm is still giving attention to older product

Re: Petition: Release OpenMax codecs for arm v6 OMX IL libs ...
31 May 2012, 01:41 pm
#16 (Top)

Hello, we have seen your feedback on this and we are looking into the matter for any possible solutions. Thanks!
Steve_Lukas
Moderator
Join Date: 03 May 10
Location: San Diego, CA

https://developer.qualcomm.com/forum/qdevnet-forums/multimedia-optimization-qdsp/13248

 

[sweetnsour]

So far, these are the only responses I have seen from Qualcomm (on twitter):

Jun 13: Thanks for your interest. We're considering any possible solutions and will let you know when we have an update.

Jun 15: We're considering any possible solutions and will keep you posted when we have an update. Thanks for your interest!

Jun 16: Thanks for your interest in the OMX drivers. We're considering possible solutions & we'll keep you posted when we have an update.

I'm hoping the wording means something. First they said "we're considering any possible solutions" but now it's "we're considering possible solutions." I might be taking things too far, but by taking out the "any," it sounds like they might have some solutions. Once again, I might just be getting my hopes high.

But onto something more important than wording:
I think instead of asking "please release the drivers," the question should now be "have you found any solutions regarding the omx drivers" or maybe even "what chance do ARMv6 phones have of getting updated omx drivers." I'm hoping for a more definite answer (I'd rather hear that we will not get it instead of waiting for an update that will never come). Can someone ask any of these questions (or a better question if you have one) on their page, preferably twitter because they don't seem to be too active on their facebook page and on their forum).

If they have totally forgotten about us (or are not actually trying to find such solutions), this will remind them that they gave us their word that they will find solutions.

In case you were wondering why I posted this out of nowhere, it is because:
1. Support for this "cause" seems to be dying down now. I don't want it to come to a point where we all just give up and deal with what we have, which is a bug-ridden rom. We can look for more support, but I think it's time we get a somewhat definite answer from Qualcomm.
2. I'm sick of CM7

Of course, we must remember that they don't have to do this and, whether they are successful or not, appreciate that they even replied to our request in the first place.

 

[divanikus]

If they have msm7227a with just the same hardware, but arm7 core, I can't understand why they can't just recompile it for arm6? Strong kernel dependencies?
I think this might be marketing-related.

 

[sweetnsour]

If they have msm7227a with just the same hardware, but arm7 core, I can't understand why they can't just recompile it for arm6? Strong kernel dependencies?
I think this might be marketing-related.

Definitely agree with you. I don't think a company has any reason to drop support for any of its older products other than to force users to buy the newer products. Really makes it pointless to buy anything at all because they will always release newer products. I just hope Qualcomm lives up to the reputation it set for itself after releasing the Adreno drivers last time.

And I know for a fact that Qualcomm has the power to recompile for ARMv6. After all, Qualcomm did it with the Adreno drivers.

 

[RockR172]

Definitely agree with you. I don't think a company has any reason to drop support for any of its older products other than to force users to buy the newer products. Really makes it pointless to buy anything at all because they will always release newer products. I just hope Qualcomm lives up to the reputation it set for itself after releasing the Adreno drivers last time.

And I know for a fact that Qualcomm has the power to recompile for ARMv6. After all, Qualcomm did it with the Adreno drivers.

The drivers will be released, just have patience...
If they were to drop their support, they would have already posted that they wont be able to update those drivers...
They are responding to our queries n that means they are working on it...
Have patience, nothing more...

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[divanikus]

They still may answer 'NO' .

The situation makes me think they might have some marketing agreement on this, not to release updates until their partners are able to sell newer models. They are highly dependent on selling end products after all. If they release them too soon, chinese market might be overfilled with cheap arm6-driven ics devices . They already have cheap arm7 devices though...

Anyway, clear answer is highly awaited by many people watching this threads.

 

[sweetnsour]

They still may answer 'NO' .

The situation makes me think they might have some marketing agreement on this, not to release updates until their partners are able to sell newer models. They are highly dependent on selling end products after all. If they release them too soon, chinese market might be overfilled with cheap arm6-driven ics devices . They already have cheap arm7 devices though...

Anyway, clear answer is highly awaited by many people watching this threads.

The answer did end up being no (more info in the following link):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27627783

If only Qualcomm told us what they attempted to do regarding the drivers. Maybe that would have helped our developers.

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[divanikus]

I think they just don't want to release them. They didn't released any code for that chip before. Totally lame.
If they won't support it, maybe we should ask for unsupported version, provided as is?