Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Reworking OpenGL ES In Mesa, Gallium3D

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Reworking OpenGL ES In Mesa, Gallium3D

    Phoronix: Reworking OpenGL ES In Mesa, Gallium3D
    Phoronix, Linux Hardware Reviews, Linux hardware benchmarks, Linux server benchmarks, Linux benchmarking, Desktop Linux, Linux performance, Open Source graphics, Linux How To, Ubuntu benchmarks, Ubuntu hardware, Phoronix Test Suite

  • #2
    Galllium3D = TheNeverEverEndingRefactoring3D

    Comment


    • #3
      modernizing the linux graphics stack had been neglected for far too long. Now you see the refactoring that had been needed for the past 6 years happening in two.

      Comment


      • #4
        Originally posted by rohcQaH View Post
        modernizing the linux graphics stack had been neglected for far too long. Now you see the refactoring that had been needed for the past 6 years happening in two.
        not so much in two. It will be more like 6+ years more... by which time it will once again be obsolete.

        Will have to forgive my skepticism that this will ever amount to much until I see working 3d using gallium on ANYTHING.

        Comment


        • #5
          Originally posted by _txf_ View Post
          until I see working 3d using gallium on ANYTHING.
          there already is, open your eyes.

          Comment


          • #6
            yup, been using it for a few weeks already on my ati card.

            a big improvement over classic mesa.

            Comment


            • #7
              Originally posted by yoshi314 View Post
              yup, been using it for a few weeks already on my ati card.

              a big improvement over classic mesa.
              In what way? Performance or features?

              Comment


              • #8
                Originally posted by _txf_ View Post
                In what way? Performance or features?
                Afaik both.

                Comment


                • #9
                  What exactly is GLES good for? Currently I have it disabled when building. Is it used for something?

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    GL ES is a slightly different API (GL ES 2.0 is not quite GL 2) that is a better match with older and low end hardware, and which has a simpler API. It also includes EGL, which is a standard way of setting up things like surfaces etc.. and is portable across Windows, X, embedded systems etc...

                    You don't need it for anything right now AFAIK, but it seems likely that an increasing number of tools and apps will be written to the GL ES 2.0 API rather than a regular GL version. I believe the latest changes to GL ES allow the GL ES and GL APIs to co-exist, which is handy.
                    Test signature

                    Comment

                    Working...
                    X