The way to go with new 3D drivers

[Jerome Glisse]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:26:37 +0300
"Shachar Kaufman" <shachar.kaufman at gmail.com> wrote:

> > If your hw support pixel shader then gallium should fit your need, if
> > it doesn't then you want to use mesa. There is not much other
> documentation
> > than what is on dri.freedesktop.org and the source code.
> 
> I'm not sure if I want to start off immediately with OpenGL 2.x but probably
> something simpler like ES 1.x. Does this really mean I should stay away from
> Gallium? I am also concerned Gallium might be too hot for my purposes still
> (couldn't get a picture of how stable or fast it is compared with MESA/DRI).
> 
> Should I decide to go with MESA/DRI, which driver(s) would you recommend as
> a reference?
> 
> 

Well gallium driver if you have an hw capable of pixel shader are easier
to write than mesa driver from my pov. If you don't have pixel shader than
you can take a look at radeon directory in mesa or intel directory.

Out of curiosity what is the hw you are playing with ?


Cheers,
Jerome Glisse