I don't think this is our problem. If a distro wants S3TC support, its maintainers can package libtxc_dxtn. Some distros really do it. If a distro doesn't want S3TC support, there is nothing we can do about it.
Marek On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Uwe Schmidt <simon.schm...@cs-systemberatung.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I have read about the issue of implementing the S3TC Extension in Mesa: > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/S3TC/ > > As I understood, the problem is, that encoding and decoding S3TC in > software is covered by patents, while passing S3TC compressed data to the > GPU is still ok. > > AS NOW: > > If "force_s3tc_enable" is enabled in Mesa3D, uploading a S3TC encoded > texture works if format==internalFormat is true. If format!=internalFormat > is true, it would fail (as i know). > > SO MY PROPOSAL: > > If 'format' is one of the S3TC types, and format!=internalFormat is true, > then set internalFormat:=format. > > Else, if 'internalFormat' is one of the S3TC types, but the 'format' isn't, > set internalFormat:=format (or any other format, Mesa3D can encode). > > > _______________________________________________ > mesa-dev mailing list > mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
