On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Blaž Tomažič <blaz.toma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mesa developers, > > I am really interested in Gallium3D and I'm thinking about a project for > my diploma (I think this is the same as bachelor's degree) on a computer > university. I'm thinking about writing a Glide state tracker for > Gallium3D. I know that Glide hasn't been used for a decade, but I think > it would be relatively "easy" to implement an old 3D API and a great way > to learn a part of Gallium3D on the way. > > Some old games (only Glide: Need for Speed 2; Glide and OpenGL: Unreal, > Quake 2) used Glide API for rendering and Gallium3D could therefore > accelerate them on newer hardware and more importantly, render them with > nicer graphics instead of software rendering as is with some glide only > games. I don't know if there were any Linux games, but Gallium3D works > on Windows too if I'm not mistaken. > > So I have a few question for you: > - How hard and how much work would be involved in implementing such an > API? (Any help on implementing it would be welcomed and appreciated of > course) > - Are Glide to OpenGL wrappers a better solution because of changing > nature of Gallium3D interface? (Personally I think they are, but I would > like to work directly on Gallium) > - Do you think this project would fit well in Gallium3D or do you have > any other/better proposals for a project including Gallium3D?
I don't mean to discourage you, but I this probably wouldn't be a very good project. The Glide API and 3dfx hardware is lacking in a number of areas, particularly shaders. Gallium was intended for newer hardware so it wouldn't be a good fit for this older technology. I'm sure there are other projects you could do related to OpenGL/gallium if that's where your interest lies. Other people on this list might have some ideas. I could probably come up with a few otherwise. What do you think? -Brian _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
