Re: [Mesa3d-dev] DirectX10

[Brian P. <bri...@tu...>]

Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> Hello. I'm reading Nvidia's documentation on the new GPUs.
> I also have the DX10 paper from Siggraph proceedings.
> Everybody associates the new GPUs to DirectX 10 and thus
> I wonder if the new GPUs are meant for us Linux users at all.

Sure they are.


> The new GPUs seem to be simpler. Many fixed functions have been
> removed. What changes are you planning to do to Mesa?

Mesa follows the OpenGL spec.  A future version of OpenGL will 
probably remove the fixed function parts.  If that's the direction 
OpenGL goes, Mesa will too.


> BTW, has Mesa a software renderer anymore?

Yes, of course.  Maybe you should read some of the Mesa docs/faq.


> In sense that I would
> like to test new GPUs immediately without purchasing the new
> GPUs. Alternative, would anyone know a software renderer which
> emulates GPUs? The realtimeness is not what I need -- I need to
> quickly test new GPU techniques.

Mesa implements a number of OpenGL features and extensions that modern 
GPUs support, like the shading language.

You'll have to rephrase your question in terms of OpenGL features.

-Brian