OGL for Indy
I've recently purchased 2 Indy boxes and wanted to use Linux on them to act as a graphics workstation. However, it seems SGI has not provided us with the 3d acc. driver they must have (IRIX driver) so as to allow us to create one for XFree86. This means I may have to buy IRIX, though I would much rather use Linux. Why has SGI not provided the necessary specs/code for 3d (open GL in this case?) acceleration?
Brandon
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one for XFree86. This means I may have to buy IRIX, though I would much rather use Linux. Why has SGI not provided the necessary specs/code for 3d (open GL in this case?) acceleration?
They have to a few people at least. However you should understand that the direct render/context switch stuff aside the Indy is just a glorified drawing machine for solid triangles. Its old. What was in its time awesome technology is no longer.
Alan