OpenGL 3.0 Now Handled For All Of R600 Gallium3D

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenGL 3.0 Now Handled For All Of R600 Gallium3D

Marek Olšák has continued with his "R600g" driver hacking. The latest patch-set coming from this prolific independent contributor to Mesa allows for anti-aliasing and transform feedback for Radeon HD 6900 "Cayman" GPUs...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTE3MjA

[Lemonzest]

Any examples of the quality of this and speed?

[dogsleg]

Hooray, Marek!

Waiting for comparing mesa 8.0 and 9.0 on r600g radeons.

P. S. Michael, where is beer-drinking smiley?

[smitty3268]

Thanks Marek

[uid313]

Marek Olšák is a Radeon hero!

[GreatEmerald]

Huh, r600g covers the 5000-6000 range as well? Well, that's good to know. Though the fact that the driver name is based on the first generation is kind of eh.

[bridgman]

Yeah, we discussed various naming options, but the bottom line was that when a new driver component is started we know the name of the first generation it will support but rarely know the name of the last generation... so r600g (src/gallium/drivers/r600 IIRC) covers r6xx through NI and radeonsi covers SI through <who knows ?>...

[uid313]

AMD should pay Marek Olšák or send him a graphics card and a thanks letter or something.

The guy is single handedly responsible for bringing AMD a lot of customers.
All AMD customers who use Linux are thankful for his great contributions!

[89c51]

Yeah, we discussed various naming options, but the bottom line was that when a new driver component is started we know the name of the first generation it will support but rarely know the name of the last generation... so r600g (src/gallium/drivers/r600 IIRC) covers r6xx through NI and radeonsi covers SI through <who knows ?>...

I am pretty sure you know

And yes the naming is as confusing as the Porsche 911 range naming. Or maybe more

[Dukenukemx]

AMD should pay Marek Olšák or send him a graphics card and a thanks letter or something.

The guy is single handedly responsible for bringing AMD a lot of customers.
All AMD customers who use Linux are thankful for his great contributions!

Give him a donate button and you'll be surprised how many people will donate.