EGL_MESA_screen_surface proposal

[Brian Paul]

Jon Smirl wrote:
> Another way to look at this is should EGL even expose more than one
> mode at any given resolution?

Sure.


> If your card and monitor both support 1080p why would you ever want to
> use 1080i?

Who knows, but someone might want to do that.


> If your card and monitor both support 1024x768-72 why would you want
> 1024x768-60?
> 
> 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.

Is it?  I remember video cards that could support 1024x768 with 24-bit 
color but 1600x1200 only with 8-bit color.  Was that because of 
limited DAC bandwidth or the limited amount of VRAM?

-Brian