On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 08:43:31AM -0700, Jens Owen wrote: > Possible > Future: Mesa Tree -----+--> XFree86 Tree > - API Focus | - X/3D Integration > - 3D HW Focus | - Complete Window System Focus > | > +--> Alternate X Tree > | - Duplicate X/3D Integration > | - Possibly more 3D developer > | friendly, who knows? > | > +--> FBDev Subset > | - FBDev/3D Integration > | - Embedded Focus > | > +--> DirectFB > | - DFB/3D Integration > V > Other Window Systems: > DirectFB, WGL, AGL and > new ones that haven't > been invented, yet. >
Are you perhaps envisioning pushing Mesa to evolve into something like the nvidia UDA API? Where there is suddenly a single, unified cross-hardware/OS platform for all 3d-accel hardware access to program to? I think that could potentially be a very interesting idea. But it would probably double the Mesa codebase size, most likely, and so should be managed VEEEEERY carefully. Certainly doable, but it should be Done Right(tm). For example, having fully documented APIs written BEFORE doing any code modifications. Then having the APIs blessed by different people from at least 3 separate operating systems. (no, "suse", "redhat", and 'debian" do not count as 3 separate operating systems ;-) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
