Re: [Chromium-dev] Patch for windows

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Brian Paul wrote:
> Michael Dürig wrote:
>>
>> 2. In wglChoosePixelFormat() okayFlags should include 
>> PFD_GENERIC_FORMAT. The flag basically says that there is no hardware 
>> acceleration at all [1], [2].
> 
> I'm a little hesitant to make the second change.  Is there a chance any 
> apps will check for that flag and decide they don't want to run?
> 
> Chromium isn't a hardware driver and not a full software driver either.
> 

I had to set this flag in order to get the BS Contact VRML/X3D software 
to work (see http://bitmanagement.de/products/bs_contact_vrml.en.html). 
This software can either run in 'normal mode' or in 'software rendering' 
mode. In normal mode it checks for the flag PFD_GENERIC_ACCELERATED and 
in software rendering mode it checks for the PFD_GENERIC_FORMAT flag. 
Without my patch the software wont run with Chromium.

Maybe a better solution might be to include the PFD_GENERIC_ACCELERATED 
flag instead? According to [2] this flag indicates sort of a hybrid 
driver which might better suit Chromium.

Michael