OpenGL 4.3's ARB_internalformat_query2 Is Now Ready For All Gallium3D Drivers

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenGL 4.3's ARB_internalformat_query2 Is Now Ready For All Gallium3D Drivers

Shortly after the massive RadeonSI GL4 shader image work that landed yesterday, another OpenGL 4.3 extension was enabled in Mesa Git for all Gallium3D drivers...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GL4.3-Format-Query2-G3D

[dh04000]

Only ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior is left for OpenGL 4.3. (https://www.opengl.org/registry/spec...s_behavior.txt), which was approved
Approved by the ARB on 2012/06/12. Looks like mesa could be less than 4 years behind opengl very soon! I remember when mesa was 10 years behind, just a handful of years ago. So, this is pretty exciting!

[carewolf]

The only thing I have ever used that feature for is checking for missing OpenGL3.0 features in NVidia drivers (non quadro driver should not technically be allowed to claim OpenGL 3.0).

At least now we can hopefully soon start using this feature always to detect required OpenGL 3.0 internal formats, instead only querying NVidia drivers.

[mannerov]

wine is using it to get the real format behind d3d formats. Performance should increase. (I'd expect bug to come as well)

[CrystalGamma]

The only thing I have ever used that feature for is checking for missing OpenGL3.0 features in NVidia drivers (non quadro driver should not technically be allowed to claim OpenGL 3.0).

You are talking about the blob, not nouveau, since nouveau only now got this extension, right?

[andre30correia]

and mesa 11.2.0? they forget to release that?

[carewolf]

You are talking about the blob, not nouveau, since nouveau only now got this extension, right?

Of course. Only the blob disables features based on whether the hardware is Quadro branded or not.