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Nvidia Linux driver version 367.36.02 shows they are adding 3 new extensions:
New OpenGL 2016 ARB extension (requires NVIDIA GeForce 600 series or newer GPUs)
New EXT extension (requires NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or newer GPUs)
New NVX extension (requires Nvidia GeForce 1000 Series):
ARB_gl_spirv is not a surprise imho (enabling GLSL SPIR-V Features)
EXT_window_rectangles: I think there is an article on Phoronix about this, could be useful to speed up browsers etc.
What I also would like to see is GL_NV_path_rendering -> GL_ARB_path_rendering, maybe then it would be used at last. Better 2D acceleration on linux than with D2D on windows (I can still dream, can I?).
If there is OpenGL 4.6 revealed, it should include all missing AZDO extensions (ARB_sparse_texture, ARB_bindless_texture etc.)
Obligatory KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr/KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr would be nice (even if current desktop GPUs have to convert to formats accelerated by hardware). Maybe it would speed up next desktop GPUs gaining hardware ASTC support (long after mobile GPUs).
Nvidia Linux driver version 367.36.02 shows they are adding 3 new extensions:
New OpenGL 2016 ARB extension (requires NVIDIA GeForce 600 series or newer GPUs)
New EXT extension (requires NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or newer GPUs)
New NVX extension (requires Nvidia GeForce 1000 Series):
ARB_gl_spirv is not a surprise imho (enabling GLSL SPIR-V Features)
EXT_window_rectangles: I think there is an article on Phoronix about this, could be useful to speed up browsers etc.
What I also would like to see is GL_NV_path_rendering -> GL_ARB_path_rendering, maybe then it would be used at last. Better 2D acceleration on linux than with D2D on windows (I can still dream, can I?).
If there is OpenGL 4.6 revealed, it should include all missing AZDO extensions (ARB_sparse_texture, ARB_bindless_texture etc.)
Obligatory KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr/KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr would be nice (even if current desktop GPUs have to convert to formats accelerated by hardware). Maybe it would speed up next desktop GPUs gaining hardware ASTC support (long after mobile GPUs).
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