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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 11.10.2015 14:21, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 02:08:39PM +0200, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> 
>> Lorenzo, if you know better how to do a GPU, maybe you should apply for
>> a job at Intel and teach them?
> 
> At least if your HW is 1.4 capable don't export the support for 2.0 and
> fake the rest in software...
> 
> YES I know that in OpenGL that's actually completely legal... a
> 'conforming' implementation could be even 100% software (like the Mesa
> baseline) and export the 4.0 API and work like a drunk snail and still
> nobody could complain about that.
> 

That's sad, but we can't do much about it except making a fast software
renderer or optimize the Cairo one...

It's on our list for after-the-stable-release, and we'd greatly
appreciate help here.

Tom