On 03/31/2014 08:17 AM, Leander Bessa Beernaert wrote: > Hey, > > I'm interested in dwelling deeper in the world of GPU driver development > in my spare time. Since I'm a fan of OpenSource, Mesa3D sounded like a > good place to start :). > > I have some experience using OpenGL from a programmers perspective, but > would like to know more about the gritty details hiding behind an > implementation. > > I was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance as to where to > start (aside from the content posted on the main page)? > > I am currently using a Macbook Pro (nvidia 9400m and nvidia 9600m GT) > with Ubuntu 13.10 alongside OS X. Is this machine enough to start poking > around any of the current projects or should I wait and get a more > recent OpenGL 4.3 capable machine?
This should be a fine system to do work. The usual way to get started is to find some small project that interests you, and dig in. I posted a page of newbie projects (http://wiki.freedesktop.org/dri/NewbieProjects/), but I think that page is a bit out of date. > Thanks, > > Leander > > _______________________________________________ > 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
