Library and interfaces for GPU offloading

[Werner Sembach]

Am 25.03.24 um 11:41 schrieb Werner Sembach:
> Hello everyone,
>
> currently GPU offloading on Linux is handled via environment variables. Which 
> is a subpar experience for desktop files and might not be possible when using 
> launchers (i.e. Steam, Lutris, Heroic, etc.) that have no explicit support for 
> it without running the whole launcher permanently on the dGPU.
>
> A proof of concept for a better solution is posted here: 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd/-/merge_requests/224 + 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd/-/merge_requests/228 , but it's 
> stale since 3 years so I wanted to make a push for it.
>
> Is there currently active work on this?
>
> What is Mesas take on on the PoCs? 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/glvnd/libglvnd/-/merge_requests/228#note_1364162
>
> Best regards,
>
> Werner Sembach
>
I was pointed to dri-devel with this to find the correct people.

Best Regards,

Werner Sembach