Re: Announcing free software graphics drivers for Intel i965 chipset

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Keith Packard wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 02:08 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>> * is the 3D stuff available from git somewhere?  The download filename 
>> includes "-git-", but the checkout instructions reference cvs.
> 
> Yes, the 3D stuff is in the Mesa CVS repository, but you'll need the
> X.org 2D driver and the DRM kernel bits to use it.

So, the answer to "is the 3D stuff available from git?" is "no"?


>> * is anyone working on a more dynamic GLSL compilation system?  i.e. a 
>> "JIT", in compiler technology terms.
> 
> Yes, that's all included at the same price. Mesa includes the pieces to
> get to a reasonable IR which can then be converted to the necessary
> target-specific instruction set by the driver. Much of the 3D driver for
> the 965 actually uses GLSL to execute things previously handled by the
> traditional fixed function pipeline.

Very cool, thanks.

	Jeff