Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2] mesa: Add native patch via a variable

Alexander Kanavin
2022-10-26T16:03:44Z

On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 at 16:35, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> (I just saw this, so a little late on the reply, but..)
>
> mesa-gl is ABSOLUTELY still being used. It's needed for libmali usage. Not
> everyone wants to use lima support for graphics.
>
> It was broken into two separate packages so that is was VERY clear if you were
> using mesa for 'everything' (mesa), or mesa JUST for 'gl' (not gles).

Okay, I'm not going to propose this, but can you clarify, what is the
current use for 'gl'? Is it just opengl 3d in standalone x server
based systems (which is slowly dying), or is there something else to
it?

Alex