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diff --git a/src/glx/apple/RELEASE_NOTES b/src/glx/apple/RELEASE_NOTES new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c5c603e76d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/glx/apple/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +AppleSGLX Release Notes + +o OpenGL Support + +AppleSGLX supports the same version of OpenGL as Leopard (OpenGL 2.1). +Many extensions from the OpenGL framework are now builtin. + +This adds support for GLSL, and a variety of other features. + +o Thread Support + +Thread support has been improved since the libGL in XQuartz 2.3.2.1. + +o GLX 1.4 Support + +The GLX 1.3 and 1.4 functions should all work with a few exceptions +as outlined in this document. + +o glXMakeContextCurrent (a GLX 1.3 feature) + +glXMakeContextCurrent should work with the readable drawable. The +OpenGL functions: glReadPixels, glCopyPixels, and glCopyColorTable, +should use the readable drawable if it's different than the rendering +drawable. + +o glXGetProcAddress (a GLX 1.4 feature and ARB extension) + +glXGetProcAddress should work and allow getting the address of any +extension functions you may need from the X11 libGL, or OpenGL framework +libGL. Previous versions of the X11 libGL didn't allow getting the newer +OpenGL framework addresses. + +o GLXPixmaps + +New support for GLXPixmaps works well with mixed X11 and OpenGL drawing +operations. You can create them using glXCreateGLXPixmap or +glXCreatePixmap. + +o GLXPbuffers + +Support for GLXPbuffers has been added. These are drawables that are +not possible to render to with X11, which is allowed by the spec. +A GLXPbuffer will never generate a clobber event, however +glXSelectEvent and glXGetSelectedEvent should operate normally. + +Clobber events are not generated due to low-level architectural +differences. The contents of your pbuffers will not be clobbered. + +o Shared Contexts + +Due to basic low-level architectural differences the usage of shared +contexts requires a similar visual or GLXFBConfig be used in the +creation of a shared context. It's best if you specify the same +visual. This is due to a CGL design difference, and not something +that is easily worked around. UPDATE: some changes made seem to +help resolve this issue in many cases, so you may be able to use a +shared context without this restriction. + + +o Indirect + +The X server supports indirect fairly well, so OpenGL applications +can be run remotely and displayed by XQuartz. This means you can run +applications from a remote host on an XQuartz X server. + +AppleSGLX does not support indirect rendering. Any indirect context +created will appear to glXIsDirect as an indirect context, but it +does not actually support indirect rendering to a remote X server. + +AppleSGLX supports GLXPixmaps and GLXPbuffers with direct and indirect +contexts, though they are all direct contexts by definition (see above). |