GL_EXT_semaphore Being Prepped For Mesa, Used By SteamVR

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GL_EXT_semaphore Being Prepped For Mesa, Used By SteamVR

Andres Rodriguez of Valve has posted a set of 17 patches for implementing the OpenGL GL_EXT_semaphore extension within Mesa and wired through for RadeonSI...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mesa-GL-Semaphore-Patches

[microcode]

For those having trouble finding EXT_semaphore.txt, EXT_semaphore is bundled with EXT_external_objects, specified at https://www.khronos.org/registry/Ope...al_objects.txt and https://www.khronos.org/registry/Ope...objects_fd.txt

This extension was only specified publicly about five weeks ago, and seems to have popular involvement, with contributions from airlied at Red Hat and various folks at NVIDIA, ARM, and ImgTec.

[lostgoat]

microcode I made the mistake of looking for EXT_semaphore before, more than once!