On Linux I wish to reliably detect via someAPI if OpenGL is using the Mesa3D Software Rasterizer (e.g. has no hardware accelerated driver installed, or has otherwise selected the software renderer). The reason is that in this case I can fall back on a 2d library that will give me better performance for my scenario. I know a better model is to measure performance at runtime, but short of that, is there any more reliable way than fetching the GL_RENDERER string and checking for "Software Rasterizer"? Is this string ever localized or historically had some other value?
Thanks for your help, Tim
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