Re: [Fresco-devel] questions on OpenGL acceleration for Berlin

Andy Sy wrote:
> To get Berlin to use OpenGL hardware acceleration
> is it necessary to run it on top of SDL on X (or
> X DGA)?  Is this what SDL/GL is about?

Yes.

> Will we ever see OpenGL acceleration independent
> of X?

Ordinarily, I'd say no. Today I'll say, "talk to KGI" because I heard 
that they got some 3d abilities on some ATI hardware?

> Is DRI independent of X?  If it is and if Mesa is
> committed to using DRI for hardware acceleration,
> then wouldn't it make sense to run Berlin on top
> of pure Mesa running on DRI drivers?

DRI is "3D for Xfree86" according to dri.sf.net. DRI drivers make calls 
to the X API.

> Also what about using DirectFB and OpenGL/Mesa on 
> DirectFB?  Does this make any sense?

You can run with Mesa on a framebuffer, or you can run with accelerated 
Mesa. You can't have both.

Nick Lewycky