From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751408AbWHJH0D (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:26:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751440AbWHJH0D (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:26:03 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:22483 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751408AbWHJH0C (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:26:02 -0400 Message-ID: <44DADF88.5060102@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:26:00 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: keith.packard@intel.com CC: Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dirk Hohndel , Imad Sousou Subject: Re: Announcing free software graphics drivers for Intel i965 chipset References: <1155151903.11104.112.camel@neko.keithp.com> <44DACD51.7080607@garzik.org> <1155194157.6386.14.camel@neko.keithp.com> In-Reply-To: <1155194157.6386.14.camel@neko.keithp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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