Tyr - A New Rust GPU Driver for ARM Mali GPUs

Learn about Tyr, a groundbreaking GPU kernel mode driver written in Rust specifically designed for ARM Mali GPUs, in this 21-minute conference talk from XDC 2025. Explore the current development status of this innovative driver project and understand how it leverages the growing Rust-for-Linux ecosystem abstractions. Discover the technical roadmap for upstreaming Tyr into the mainline kernel and examine its strategic relationship with Panthor, the existing C-based Mali GPU driver implementation. Gain insights into the coexistence strategy planned for both drivers and understand how this Rust-based approach represents a significant evolution in GPU driver development for ARM Mali hardware.