OpenGL SC 2.0 Released For Safety Critical Graphics

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenGL SC 2.0 Released For Safety Critical Graphics

This week the Khronos Group released the provisional specification of OpenCL 2.2 and SPIR-V 1.1 while today from the Aviation Electronics Europe in Munich they announced the release of he OpenGL SC 2.0 specification...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenGL-SC-2.0-Released

[carewolf]

Anyone have a good overview of what has been removed?

I know dynamic memory allocation is apparently a no go, so all delete functions are gone. What else?

[microcode]

This is excellent, finally a programmable graphics pipeline for RT and safety critical applications.

I wonder if getting support in Mesa would more or less be a matter of restricting functionality; I suspect all of the extensions required are implemented.

[lowflyer]

Where does mesa stand in view of OpenGL SC?

[microcode]

Where does mesa stand in view of OpenGL SC?

To quote the spec

OpenGL SC 2.0 is based on the OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics system and is designed primarily for safety critical graphics hardware running on embedded devices. It removes aspects of OpenGL ES 2.0 that are not aligned with deterministic safety critical software applications. For example, the ability to delete objects (textures, etc.) has been removed to avoid memory fragmentation and garbage collection. In addition, portions of the GL EXT texture storage and GL KHR robustness extensions have been adopted as part of the core OpenGL SC 2.0 specification. The OpenGL SC 2.0 API has been designed to be aligned with avionics and automotive requirements for safety critical software. In order to meet the avionics market needs, OpenGL SC has been defined to enable implementations and applications to be certifiable to DO-178 Level A. In order to meet the automotive market needs, OpenGL SC has been defined to enable implementations and applications to be certifiable to ISO26262 ASIL D.