On Don, 2012-03-01 at 06:05 -0800, Benoit Jacob wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > On Mit, 2012-02-29 at 16:06 -0800, Benoit Jacob wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > On Die, 2012-02-28 at 09:08 -0800, Benoit Jacob wrote: > > > > > > > > > > At Mozilla we've been wondering if we could get a good software > > > > > fallback for users who can't get hardware-accelerated WebGL. > > > > > Mesa > > > > > llvmpipe seems like the best open source OpenGL renderer, > > > > > right? At > > > > > least, it performed superbly in our quick tests. > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > 3. On GNU/Linux: why isn't Mesa llvmpipe installed by default > > > > > by > > > > > most > > > > > distros? Is there a real reason or is it just that nobody asked > > > > > for > > > > > it, or nobody saw a need for it? Trying to figure if llvmpipe > > > > > installed by default everywhere (on Linux) is something we can > > > > > realistically hope for. > > > > > > > > One thing to keep in mind for this is that llvmpipe currently > > > > doesn't > > > > work on PowerPC architectures > > > > > > PowerPC is not a big concern for us. > > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Supported_build_configurations > > > > > > Besides x86 and x86-64, the other arch we care about is ARM (v7 and > > > soon v6 too). > > > > E.g. Debian ships your browser on powerpc and many more > > architectures. > > Well, each project does their own choice of which architectures to > support;
Of course, and it looks like the approach you're suggesting in the bug report you referenced should be fine. I just wanted to make sure you're aware. > Notice that WebGL renderers are only a drop in the bucket of what one > has to do to support "the modern web" on a given architecture. For > example, Mozilla is not currently supporting PPC in its JavaScript JIT > compilers. Yes, I'm painfully aware of that. :} > If one wanted to support "the modern web" on PPC, supporting > JavaScript JIT would be a much more important thing to do, before it > would start making sense to focus on WebGL rendering. FWIW, WebGL is basically working on PPC. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
