Re: [Mesa3d-users] control flow diagram

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

Maksim wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm now studying Mesa and DRI, and I have one question, which is left 
> unresolved for me after reading docs on dri.sf.net.
> 
> I have the following question:
> 
> on the diagram here - http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/dri_control_flow.html, 
> what does it mean "RM = Resource Management", and what commands, exactly, 
> flow through DRI modules and what commands(maybe some examples) in turn are 
> send directly to graphics hardware?
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance.

This question would be better asked on the dri-devel mailing list (I'm cc'ing it).

I've never really looked at that diagram before.  But the resources that we 
usually need to manage include things like:  graphics memory (frame buffer, 
textures, etc) and access to the rendering hardware itself (context management).

-Brian