[Mesa-dev] multiple versions in version string

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 13:46 -0600, tom fogal wrote: 
> Nathan Kidd <nathan-ml at spicycrypto.ca> writes:
> > On 11-06-20 02:55 PM, tom fogal wrote:
> > > Nathan Kidd<nathan-ml at spicycrypto.ca>  writes:
> [snip]
> > > You are correct, rendering is indirect!  I was unaware that direct
> > > vs. indirect limited *GL* features.  Why is that the case, and what
> > > can be done?
> >
> > Of course, for indirect rendering every glFoo() function call needs
> > to be mapped to (GL)X protocol.  Protocol exists up to OpenGL 1.4.
> 
> Ahh, I had mistakenly believed that the GLX wrapping was somehow
> generic/automatically specified.  Sounds like each function has to be
> specified explicitly?  Presumably by Khronos?  Ouch.
> 
> I can always fall back to OSMesa, I suppose :(

Or a software rasterizer libGL / driver which uses direct rendering.
Preferably using llvmpipe for performance.


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