From 0c14bbbc8634f516d75a06e2a52d11d674e41170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Paul Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:31:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: freshen up the introduction page with Mesa 8.0 info, etc --- docs/intro.html | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/intro.html b/docs/intro.html index 0806caf388e..303f5eb0f80 100644 --- a/docs/intro.html +++ b/docs/intro.html @@ -132,12 +132,26 @@ June 2007: Mesa 7.0 is released, implementing the OpenGL 2.1 specification and OpenGL Shading Language.

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+2008: Keith Whitwell and other Tungsten Graphics employees develop +Gallium +- a new GPU abstraction layer. The latest Mesa drivers are based on +Gallium and other APIs such as OpenVG are implemented on top of Gallium. +

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+February 2012: Mesa 8.0 is released, implementing the OpenGL 3.0 specification +and version 1.30 of the OpenGL Shading Language. +

-Ongoing: Mesa is used as the core of many hardware OpenGL drivers for -the XFree86 and X.org X servers within the -DRI project. -I continue to enhance Mesa with new extensions and features. +Ongoing: Mesa is the OpenGL implementation for several types of hardware +made by Intel, AMD and NVIDIA, plus the VMware virtual GPU. +There's also several software-based renderers: swrast (the legacy +Mesa rasterizer), softpipe (a gallium reference driver) and llvmpipe +(LLVM/JIT-based high-speed rasterizer). +Work continues on the drivers and core Mesa to implement newer versions +of the OpenGL specification.

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Version 8.x features

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+Version 8.x of Mesa implements the OpenGL 3.0 API. +The developers at Intel deserve a lot of credit for implementing most +of the OpenGL 3.0 features in core Mesa, the GLSL compiler as well as +the i965 driver. +

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Version 7.x features

Version 7.x of Mesa implements the OpenGL 2.1 API. The main feature -- 2.30.2