<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>> 2.) is OpenGL ES just a specification or are there some drivers for<BR>> some hardware, some ATI mobilty chipsets maybe or whatever GPU so it<BR>> can be used on PC?<BR><BR>|Yep, most likely all the opengl es chip manufacturers provide a driver<BR>|aswell, I don't know any better than that though.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks, just to clear it up a bit,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>- is there special kind of GPU that is "OpenGL ES" certified or whatever?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- if yes, which graphic cards are "OpenGL ES", and are there any AGP, PCI-E or other that i can stick in PC or laptop? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-or maybe this "OpenGL ES" GPUs are 'too small' for that or maybe they only come integrated with other hardware in those mini-devices? is OpenGL ES exclusively for other(smaller) hardware, not PC?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-are there maybe some special OpenGL ES drivers for some of my geforce and radeon cards i have in PC or laptop?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tapani.palli@nokia.com href="mailto:tapani.palli@nokia.com">Tapani Pälli</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=zelco@xtra.co.nz href="mailto:zelco@xtra.co.nz">ext ZeAtShuttle</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=xorg@lists.freedesktop.org href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Khronos group, OpenGL ES/miniglx/EGL?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>ext ZeAtShuttle wrote:<BR>> hi,<BR>> <BR>> anyone knows whats going on with that Khronos group, OpenGL ES and<BR>> stuff.. im quite confused as when/why/how did that come to be, but<BR>> more importantly - do we have any use of it on Linux with desktop<BR>> architectures..<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 1.) can OpenGL ES be used on PC, x86 platform? emulator maybe? <BR><BR>if you want to experiment on opengl es, you might want to check :<BR><A href="http://developer.hybrid.fi/dgles/index.html">http://developer.hybrid.fi/dgles/index.html</A> (opengles wrapper library<BR>that makes calls to opengl)<BR>This is a nice way to check if your program is 'opengl es' compatible.<BR><BR>> <BR>> 2.) is OpenGL ES just a specification or are there some drivers for<BR>> some hardware, some ATI mobilty chipsets maybe or whatever GPU so it<BR>> can be used on PC?<BR><BR>Yep, most likely all the opengl es chip manufacturers provide a driver<BR>aswell, I don't know any better than that though.<BR><BR>> <BR>> 3.) as i understand it now, miniglx was to be replaced with EGL which<BR>> is based on OpenGL ES? both, miniglx and EGL not seem to be active...<BR>> so, are there any other projects going this, minimalist, way?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> thanks,<BR>> zelko<BR>> <BR>> /myOS - Linux based OpenGL development system without X/<BR>> /http://one.xthost.info/zelko/opengl.html/<BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> xorg mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</A><BR>> <A href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</A><BR><BR>// Tapani<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.1/765 - Release Date: 4/17/2007 5:20 PM<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>