>From what I can glean from nVidia's web >(http://www.nvidia.com/object/grid-vgx-software.html) site they're currently >only supporting Windows platforms :-(
On Aug 22, 2013, at 12:34 PM, DRC wrote: > On 8/22/13 10:04 AM, John Clyne wrote: >> The Quadro 2000, and I think the 550, are based on the older Fermi >> architecture. I wanted to get confirmation that ViritualGL was supporting >> the newer Kepler based products. I would think Kepler-Quadro would be >> supported, but the Tesla cards target computation, not graphics. And the >> nVidia Grid is a brand new product that apparently has some form of >> integrated remote viz capabilities. > > Yeah, you're referring to VGX. I am keenly interested in knowing more > about it, but specific information is hard to find. It seems to require > Citrix XenServer, and it is basically providing a mechanism for either > assigning a full GPU or a "vGPU" (portion of a shared GPU) to a > particular virtual machine. I heard a rumor through one of my customers > that Linux guests aren't currently supported-- only Windows, but if > anyone knows more about it, please share. > > It unfortunately isn't anything that we could take advantage of with > VirtualGL at the moment, but I really wish nVidia, ATI, etc. would play > nice and produce an EGL interface for accessing their cards' rendering > capabilities without an X server. It would make my job a hell of a lot > easier. Wayland may necessitate them doing that. > > Anyhow, you guys know more about supporting VGL on headless devices than > I do. I can only afford a Quadro 600 to play with. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and > AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, > analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. > Visit us today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > VirtualGL-Users mailing list > VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ VirtualGL-Users mailing list VirtualGL-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/virtualgl-users
