EGL_MESA_screen_surface proposal

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:26:50 -0500, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another way to look at this is should EGL even expose more than one
> mode at any given resolution?
> If your card and monitor both support 1080p why would you ever want to
> use 1080i?
> If your card and monitor both support 1024x768-72 why would you want
> 1024x768-60?

some flat panels list 72 or 72 as a refresh via DDC, but they only
look best at 60.

Alex

> 
> Maybe I am going at this the wrong way, instead of making multiple
> modes at a resolution accessible maybe we should be hiding them.
> 
> Color depth is an independent variable to the mode.
> 
> --
> Jon Smirl
> jonsmirl at gmail.com