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Open-Source Mesa 3D Library/Drivers Now Support OpenGL 4

Posted by timothy on from the continuous-improvement dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Mesa 3D project that is the basis of the open-source Linux/BSD graphics drivers now supports OpenGL 4.0 and most of OpenGL 4.1~4.2. The OpenGL 4.0 enablement code landed in Mesa Git yesterday/today and more GL 4.1/4.2 patches are currently being reviewed for the Intel, Radeon, and Nouveau open-source GPU drivers.

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  1. Most? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not only does core Mesa support most of 4.1-4.2, they support most of 4.3-4.5. The problem is every few generations of OpenGL there is a developer intensive extension to get in. Compute Shader in 4.3 it probably the next monster they are going to get stuck at.

    1. Re:Most? by Tough+Love · · Score: 4, Interesting

      4.1 is nothing to be ashamed of. ES 2.0 compatibility is the elephant in that room. Program binaries, per-stage programs and multiple viewports are all worth the price of admission (free)

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      When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.