Inquiry about the size of dynamic_stubs and handling

[Luc Ma]

Hi, Fan

On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 16:20, 张凡 <1332305282 at qq.com> wrote:
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> Dear Mesa 3D development team：
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>      I am a developer who is highly interested in Mesa 3D and has been studying OpenGL extensions and Mesa 3D implementation. In my project, I have encountered some questions regarding the size of dynamic_stubs and I would greatly appreciate your help and guidance.
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>     Firstly, I have noticed that in Mesa 3D, the size of dynamic_stubs is set to 256. I am curious to know why this value has been chosen as the standard size. I would like to understand the factors that were considered in determining this value. Are there any specific technical reasons or limitations that led to this fixed size?
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>     Secondly, in my project, I need to write some custom OpenGL extension functions, but I anticipate that the number of these functions may exceed 256. In such a scenario, how should I proceed? How can I expand the size of dynamic_stubs to accommodate a larger number of function definitions?
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>     I greatly appreciate the excellent work you have been doing in Mesa 3D, and I admire your expertise and experience. I believe that your guidance and advice will be crucial in advancing my project.
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> Thank you for taking the time to read my email, and I look forward to your response.
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> Best regards,
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> fan zhang
> 1332305282 at qq.com

I had the same confusion about the design of mapi, but I just noticed
that `dynamic_stubs` you mentioned had been dropped from mapi about 3
months ago

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/23451

Maybe you could get some clues from the above MR.


Regards,
Luc