# Native SDK Drivers Testing

**URL:** <https://forums.imgtec.com/t/native-sdk-drivers-testing/4233>\
**Category:** PowerVR Insider\
**Created:** [September 13, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/native-sdk-drivers-testing/4233 "2025-09-13T14:11:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@Loris](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Loris)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/native-sdk-drivers-testing/4233/1 "2025-09-13T14:11:05Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to test the proprietary drivers for PowerVR GPU with the Native SDK and I am not very sure how to do this. where should the drivers be included? in the include directory of the build directory? on the host system they are in /usr/lib but the Example Files can‘t find them…

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**Author:** ![AlejandroC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AlejandroC](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/AlejandroC)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/native-sdk-drivers-testing/4233/2 "2025-09-16T08:46:12Z")

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Hi Loris,

Thanks for your question and welcome to the PowerVR Developer Forum!

I would like to ask please some questions:

- What device model and Operating System are you working with?
- What PowerVR GPU does the device have?
- Did a manufacturer provided those proprietary drivers? otherwise could you please detail how did you got them?

Best regards,  
Alejandro

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**Author:** ![Loris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e68b1a/32.png) [@Loris](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/Loris)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/native-sdk-drivers-testing/4233/3 "2025-09-16T12:03:09Z")

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Hi , it‘s the PowerVR BXE-4-32 MC1 , on a RISCV64 board

I have some staging source libraries and I have the built drivers from the platform provider.

I have built a custom mesa with the lib and pkgconfig and i would like to test the driver output. there are also test binaries provided with the DDK but unfortunately I can‘t run them so I would like to use the Native SDK. The drivers have old names like libGLESv1.so libGLESv2.so etc. and the Native SDK is searching for recent file names like libgles.so . Is there a specific version of the SDK I have to use?

Thank you for helping me

Best regards

Loris

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**Author:** ![AlejandroC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AlejandroC](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/AlejandroC)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/native-sdk-drivers-testing/4233/4 "2025-09-17T14:38:32Z")

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Hi Loris,

Thanks for the information.

I would suggest you get in touch with the manufacturer for specifics on how to setup the GPU driver.

Best regards,  
Alejandro