I am sponsoring this case for John Martin, and have marked it closed
approved automatic, with a patch release binding, as it simply passes
through Nvidia's updates to implement the new version of the OpenGL
standard.
-Alan Coopersmith- [email protected]
Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.70 03/30/10 SMI
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1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
OpenGL 3.3/4.0 for the NVIDIA graphics driver
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: John Martin
1.3 Date of This Document:
16 April, 2010
4. Technical Description
This project is the delivery of OpenGL 4.0 / GLSL 4.00 and
OpenGL 3.3 / GLSL 3.30 support in the NVIDIA graphics driver. This is
an update to previous projects:
OpenGL 3.0 / GLSL 1.30 [LSARC/2009/066] delivered in the R180 driver
OpenGL 3.1 / GLSL 1.40 [LSARC/2009/259] delivered in the R185 driver
OpenGL 3.2 / GLSL 1.50 [LSARC/2009/569] delivered in the R190 driver
The scope of the project is specific to delivery in the NVIDIA graphics
driver as OpenGL 3.x/4.x introduces a new deprecation model where the
intent to remove old features in future releases is declared. The
committments to interface stability for this project may not apply to
OpenGL 3.x/4.x implementations from other vendors. Each of those should
be treated as separate projects.
The Khronos group (http://www.khronos.org) announced the OpenGL 4.0 /
GLSL 4.00 and OpenGL 3.3 / GLSL 3.30 specification updates on
11 March, 2010. Details of this announcement are at:
http://www.khronos.org/news/press/releases/khronos-unleashes-cutting-edge-cross-platform-graphics-acceleration-opengl4/
The specifications posted at the time of this announcement:
OpenGL 4.0 Core Profile Specification
http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/glspec40.core.20100311.pdf
OpenGL 4.0 Compatibility Profile Specification
http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/glspec40.compatibility.20100311.pdf
OpenGL 4.00 Shading Language
http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.00.8.clean.pdf
OpenGL 3.3 Core Profile Specification
http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/glspec33.core.20100311.pdf
OpenGL 3.3 Compatibility Profile Specification
http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/glspec33.compatibility.20100311.pdf
OpenGL 3.30 Shading Language
http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.3.30.6.clean.pdf
New features:
-------------
Delivery of new features follows the deprecation model documented
in LSARC/2009/569. The core and compatibility profiles are maintained
so that existing OpenGL applications continue to work without change.
For this project, delivery of new features is dependent on the
capabilities of the hardware as discussed in the Khronos announcement.
OpenGL 3.3 features are enabled for G80 GPUs and higher. OpenGL 4.0
features are enabled for GF100 GPUs and higher.
Appendix I.1 of the 3.3 Core Specification and Appendix J.1 of the
4.0 Core Specification list the new features.
Deprecation of old features:
----------------------------
As mentioned in the new features section above, core and compatibility
profiles are maintained in this project. No new features were marked
for deprecation in either OpenGL 3.3 or 4.0.
Support:
--------
Bugtraq: nvidia/nvidia/opengl
Delivery:
---------
The interfaces listed below are delivered by the NVDAgraphics
SYSV package and the driver/graphics/nvidia IPS package, in conjunction
with the ogl-select SMF service [LSARC/2005/700]. There are
no name changes to the headers or libraries for OpenGL 3.3/4.0 so
existing build environments are not effected.
Interfaces Exported
Interface Classification Comments
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/usr/include/GL/gl.h Committed
/usr/include/GL/glext.h Committed
/usr/include/GL/glx.h Committed
/usr/include/GL/glxext.h Committed
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 Committed
/usr/lib/amd64/libGL.so.1 Committed
The libraries /usr/lib[/amd64]/libGLcore.so.1 are private objects
and should not be linked in for normal application development.
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
X Consolidation / Desktop C-Team
6.5. ARC review type: Automatic
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
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