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diff --git a/docs/README.BEOS b/docs/README.BEOS index 749390d43ac..46b9691bc5d 100644 --- a/docs/README.BEOS +++ b/docs/README.BEOS @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ Source Code The source code for the driver is in Mesa-3.1/src/BeOS/GLView.cpp It's not 100% finished at this time but many GLUT-based demos are -working. Specifically, color index mode isn't implemented at all. -No optimizations have been made at this time. Any volunteers? +working. No optimizations have been made at this time. @@ -45,20 +44,17 @@ library. GLUT -It seems that you have to recompile GLUT with libMesaGL.so instead -of libGL.so in order for everything to work. I'm not sure why. - -In any case, you'll have to download and compile GLUT for BeOS and -put libglut.so in the Mesa-3.x/lib/ directory before you can compile -the demos/, samples/ and book/ programs. - -GLUT for BeOS can be found at +A version of GLUT 2.5 for BeOS can be found in src-glut.beos/. +The original distribution can be obtained from http://home.beoscentral.com/jehamby/Glut-3.5-x86.zip This is a special version of GLUT adapted for the BeOS. I don't believe Mark Kilgard's normal GLUT distribution includes BeOS support. +It seems that you have to recompile GLUT with libMesaGL.so instead +of libGL.so in order for everything to work. I'm not sure why. + Special Features @@ -73,6 +69,17 @@ cause a fatal error when running with Be's OpenGL. +Work Left To Do + +Color index mode is not implemented yet. + +Reading pixels from the front buffer not implemented yet. + +There is also a BGLScreen class in BeOS for full-screen OpenGL +rendering. This should also be implemented for Mesa. + + + Old BeOS Driver Mesa 2.6 had an earlier BeOS driver. It was based on Mesa's Off-screen @@ -87,6 +94,9 @@ Mesa 3.0 supported the 3Dfx/Glide library on Beos. Download Mesa 3.0 if interested. Ideally, the 3Dfx/Glide support should be updated to work with the new Mesa 3.1 BGLView implementation. +The Glide library hasn't been updated for BeOS R4, to my knowledge, as +of February, 1999. + ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -$Id: README.BEOS,v 1.4 1999/02/11 03:52:24 brianp Exp $ +$Id: README.BEOS,v 1.5 1999/03/03 02:34:04 brianp Exp $ |