OpenGL 4.6 + OpenGL ES 3.2 Achieved On Apple M1 With Linux Driver

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenGL 4.6 + OpenGL ES 3.2 Achieved On Apple M1 With Linux Driver

The Asahi Linux project working on the AGX Gallium3D driver for Mesa has now managed to achieve OpenGL 4.6 conformance as well as OpenGL ES 3.2. This is a big upgrade for the Linux OpenGL support on the Apple M1 as previously only OpenGL 4.1 was exposed...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenGL-4.1-Asahi-Apple-M1

[timofonic]

Soon it will surpass Nouveau by a wide margin...

[Skylark]

Yeah, I can't help but be very impressed with the GPU work progress on that port. Seriously good stuff.

[fallingcats]

It's crazy how fast they are developing this driver, without vendor support and without even hardware support apparently. I can't help but be envious of the quality work they're putting out for a platform I'm not using.

[hyperchaotic]

Incredible, not just OpenGL4.6 but verified Conformant too. That's nuts! Alyssa have done a spectacular job and in such a short time, and let's not forget Lina's AGx driver that proved without a doubt just how good and performant Rust is for drivers.

[ezst036]

Soon it will surpass Nouveau by a wide margin...

From what little I know based on reading past Phoronix articles, Apple does not expressly stonewall being able to tell what the GPU is doing as information comes in or goes out of it.

Nvidia does do that though. That's why the Nouveau crew still can't and probably never will be able to get re-clocking supported on cards previous to RTX2000. Nvidia wants total control. It is absolutely not because the developers working Nouveau are terrible at what they do.

Re-clocking would've been discovered and Nouveau-enabled years ago if Nvidia was as nonchalant about everything as Apple is being.

[rmfx]

I really don't get why they don't just do a Vulkan future-proof driver, and rely on Zink for OpenGL.

[Mitch]

I really don't get why they don't just do Vulkan future-proof driver, and rely on Zink for OpenGL.

I think they said it's because reverse engineering OpenGL is easier than Vulkan because OpenGL has defined behaviour in Apple silicon (on MacOSX) while Vulkan does not. I think they also said completion of OpenGL helps pave the way for Vulkan

[AlDunsmuir]

I think they said it's because reverse engineering OpenGL is easier than Vulkan because OpenGL has defined behaviour in Apple silicon (on MacOSX) while Vulkan does not. I think they also said completion of OpenGL helps pave the way for Vulkan

Which bodes well for a future with excellent support for both OpenGl and Vulcan.

[QwertyChouskie]

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Now, just gotta get that sweet, sweet Vulkan support mainlined and finished...