From 8504f18c3dafb62d10c4f1572145ce3b8a6f3f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Boll
Yes. Specifically, Mesa serves as the OpenGL core for the open-source DRI
-drivers for XFree86/X.org. See the DRI
-website for more information.
-
-There have been other hardware drivers for Mesa over the years (such as
-the 3Dfx Glide/Voodoo driver, an old S3 driver, etc) but the DRI drivers
-are the modern ones.
+drivers for X.org.
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ operating systems today.
Still, Mesa serves at least these purposes:
Mesa Frequently Asked Questions
-Last updated: 19 September 2012
+Last updated: 20 September 2012
@@ -52,14 +52,18 @@ Mesa 9.x supports the OpenGL 3.1 specification.
1.2 Does Mesa support/use graphics hardware?
+
1.3 What purpose does Mesa serve today?
-
-Vincent is +Vincent is an open-source implementation of OpenGL ES for mobile devices.
@@ -148,12 +152,12 @@ an open-source implementation of OpenGL ES for mobile devices. is a subset of OpenGL for PalmOS devices.
-TinyGL +TinyGL is a subset of OpenGL.
-SoftGL +SoftGL is an OpenGL subset for mobile devices.
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ Basically you'll want the following: Mesa version number.-After installing XFree86/X.org and the DRI drivers, some of these files +After installing X.org and the DRI drivers, some of these files may be symlinks into the /usr/X11R6/ tree.
@@ -267,7 +271,7 @@ hardware it has detected.
If your DRI-based driver isn't working, go to the -DRI website for trouble-shooting information. +DRI website for trouble-shooting information.
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