Thomas Roell wrote:
>
> In your message of 10 February 2000 you write:
>
> >
> > The format of the GL_RENDERER string returned by glGetString() is not
> > specified by the OpenGL spec. However, I believe it's worthwhile to
> > have an unofficial standard for the format of this string for Linux
> > drivers.
> >
> > I'm not proposing this should be part of the "OpenGL ABI for Linux"
> > standard. This is just a heads-up for our plans with the DRI project,
> > and probably the UtahGLX project.
> >
> > Here's the format:
> >
> > "[Mesa | SI] [DRI | UtahGLX] <card> <version> <card-specific>"
> >
> > "Mesa" indicates it's a Mesa-based renderer. "SI" might indicate
> > an SI-based renderer.
> >
> > "DRI" or "UtahGLX" would indicate either a DRI or UtahGLX-based
> > driver.
> >
> > <card> is a string (w/out whitespace) identifying the hardware.
> > Examples: "Voodoo3", "G400", "i810", "RagePro", etc.
> >
> > <version> is a version number for the driver in the format YYYYMMDD.
> > Whether this is a release date, compile date, etc isn't too
> > important. It's just a way to for end users to compare their
> > driver's version to what might be available for download from
> > a website. It may also be used to identify driver versions for tech
> > support and in bug reports.
> >
> > <card-specific> (the remainder of the string) can be anything which
> > might further describe the hardware, such as amount of memory, SLI
> > mode, etc. The format of this part is dependant on <card>. Whitespace
> > is legal.
>
> Good point. We are using a format similar to that:
>
> "EV3 (PERMEDIA3,4 [RX])"
>
> <renderer> (<driver-name>,<version>, [<chipname>])
>
> A couple of points:
>
> What do GL_VENDOR then specify ? Shouldn't that then in your case
> be "XYZ Mesa" ?
For stand-alone Mesa, GL_VENDOR = "Brian Paul".
For the work we're doing here at PI, GL_VENDOR = "Precision Insight, Inc.".
The UtahGLX project is using GL_VENDOR = "Utah GLX".
> <card> is tricky. Some renderers have to be different per card,
> some of them different per chip.
In my proposed system you might have <card> = PERMEDIA3-RX.
If Xi Graphics wants to adopt this scheme, great. You certainly don't
have to though.
-Brian
