I got the GPU working.
Using the original – GitHub - Incipiens/OrangePiZero3W-GPU-VPU · GitHub - as a reference.
I downloaded the Radaxa Cubie image, built the driver and installed the module and other files. Its my hope that this install script will do the heavy lifting. Chromium now launches in about 2-3 seconds, video plays smooth, and I am noticing a lot better heat management when idling in wayland/xorg – it still gets hot, but not as fast.
This install assumes dietpi, the might work on other systems. you will need “radxa-cubie-a7z_bullseye_kde_t7.output_512.img.xz” image to get the required files to build the module, but the scripts “should” in theory, help do it automatically.
note: below it will say “Img gpu [Integrated]” instead of llmvpipe
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) aarch64
Host: Orange Pi Zero 3W
Kernel: Linux 6.6.98-vendor-sun60iw2
Uptime: 1 min
Packages: 821 (dpkg)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Cursor: Adwaita
Terminal: /dev/pts/0
CPU: sun60iw2p1 (8) @ 2.00 GHz
GPU: Img gpu [Integrated]
Memory: 191.11 MiB / 5.77 GiB (3%)
Swap: Disabled
Disk (/): 6.94 GiB / 113.10 GiB (6%) - ext4
Locale: C.UTF-8