Display specification

[Brian Paul]

Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:11:51 -0700, Brian Paul
> <brian.paul at tungstengraphics.com> wrote:
> 
>>>As far as the API is concerned it shouldn't matter whether a card is
>>>local or on a remote host right?  (thinking about dmx-like setups...)
>>
>>Right.  The EGL API won't have any pointers and all the EGL datatypes
>>are network-friendly.  I don't think anyone's planning on implementing
>>indirect rendering with EGL, but I think the API design is improved by
>>considering that sort of thing.
> 
> 
> Wouldn't remote displays be implemented at a higher level like Chronium?

No, not Chromium.

I was thinking remote access ala GLX, but that's not a priority at 
this time.

-Brian