Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Winsys

[Jerome G. <gl...@fr...>]

On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 01:11 -0400, dem...@ne... wrote:
> Ok, maybe I'm just completely dense.  I've asked this before with no
> reply & I've looked through the code and the relevant pages.  I still
> don't understand why there're driver families with their own winsys.
> How're non-*nix platforms, that have to provide their own winsys,
> supposed to be able to use these drivers that have their own winsys???
> 
> Dee Sharpe
> 

Gallium hw specific driver have to rely on system specific communication
link with the hw. So we will always have an hw specific part in the
winsys this part winsys are mostly a thin layer btw the driver and
what ever interface the lowlevel hw driver provide to talk to the hw.

Cheers,
Jerome Glisse