On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Tom Stellard <tstel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 03:25:04PM -0700, Corbin Simpson wrote: >> >> Nifty. Well, there's a few places to look for information. >> >> If you're not sure how the actual video card works, >> http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/HowVideoCardsWork is a >> great starting point. Of particular interest is the 3D engine; r300g >> only talks to the 3D part of the video card. >> >> The reference Gallium driver is probably identity, although softpipe >> is a good reference as well. We also have documentation for the >> Gallium API and associated bits; if you don't want to build it >> yourself from the Mesa tree, there should be an up-to-date copy at >> http://people.freedesktop.org/~csimpson/gallium-docs/. (If there's a >> problem with the documentation, lemme know!) >> > > Thanks for the information. > > After spending some time learning about the Gallium driver architecture, I > think it might be better to set a goal to implement or improve a specific > feature of the Gallium R300 driver rather than trying to get a specific > game or application to work. Is there a feature that is currently missing > from the R300 driver that might make a good project for the summer?
Good question. There's a handful of things. Passing piglit might be a good goal. Bumping the GL version further up, or solidifying the GLSL support, might be good too. -- When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? ~ Keynes Corbin Simpson <mostawesomed...@gmail.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Mesa3d-dev mailing list Mesa3d-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-dev
