Dag B wrote: > > Hi. > > I am sure these questions are answered in a FAQ, but I couldn't find this > info on the mesa website nor in the xfree86 docs. (May have overlooked > something.) > > 1. > XFree86 4.1.0 contains (pieces of) Mesa 3.4.2. > The most noticeable exception being glut, I guess. > Are there other major parts of Mesa not being shipped with XFree86?
The Mesa demo programs aren't included in XFree86 either. Neither are some of the other device drivers like the Glide-Voodoo1/2 drivers, GGI, Win32, etc. > (I.e.: if I get/build glut myself, is there any need for me to install the > standalone Mesa unless I want the latest and greatest in bugfixes.) If you get/build GLUT yourself you really don't need stand-alone Mesa. > 2. > I am aware of the licensing issue with glut. How did Brian get permission to > bundle it with Mesa? :-) I asked Mark for permission and he said "yes". > 3. > Is there a plan for updating the Mesa bits in XFree86 as Brian keeps > releasing new versions? Yes. Keith's recently made a mesa-4-0-branch in the DRI tree in order to bring Mesa 4.0 into DRI/XFree86. > Did execution of this plan stop dead in the tracks > when VA Linux kicked the DRI team? No, but it slowed things down a bit. All the former VA people are interested in seeing DRI move forward, but work will probably be done on a volunteer basis. > p.s. Paul, if you're reading this: could you add something about this to the > mesa3d website. I guess I could. The DRI compilation guide mentions the fact that you don't need to install stand-alone Mesa if you install XFree86 4.x. -Brian _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
