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Valve Bootstrapped Source 2 Engine On an Open-Source Vulkan Driver

Posted by timothy on from the live-quicker-prosper-more dept.

An anonymous reader writes A new article out details how Valve bootstrapped their VULKAN back-end with the Source 2 Engine over a period of just four months thanks to relying on an open-source driver. With designing for the open-source Intel Vulkan Linux driver developed by LunarG, Valve developers were quickly able to resolve issues and progress the driver in a turn-key manner. This Intel Linux driver will be released as open-source once the Khronos VULKAN specification has been published.

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  1. Re:Wut? by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Informative

    I work for one of the companies mentioned in the summary and I still have no clue what it means.

    And I have to say, those floors are looking spotless.

    Even if you've been under a rock, so you don't know what either Khronos or Vulkan are, you should still be able to use google and Wikipedia. If not, you are probably not part of the Slashdot audience.

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