radeon driver again: GL_EXT_framebuffer_object?

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Mon Nov 17 06:43:13 PST 2008


On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:47 AM, Florian Echtler <floe at butterbrot.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> an OpenGL-related question again: while the R300 driver from Mesa 7.2
> doesn't seem to announce the GL_EXT_framebuffer_object extension on a
> Mobility Radeon X1400, the glGenFramebuffersEXT function is present and
> available in libGL.so. However, when calling it, I get a segfault at
> 0x00000000, so I suspect that it's just an empty stub. Are there plans
> to support this extension in the near future, or what would be necessary
> to add support?

Implementing that requires a proper memory manager and some driver
restructuring to take advantage of it.  Work on already underway.

Alex



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