On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Williams, Kyle <kyle.willia...@stu.fayette.kyschools.us> wrote: > Hello, > > I am still not 100% positive what exactly EGL is, but I saw people talking > about it on a forum thread, and some were saying that if AMD/Nvidia were to > release EGL-compatible drivers, these drivers would work with both the Mir > and Wayland display servers, as they both use EGL. Is this true?
That's correct. Ideally, EGL would be extended to handle mode-setting/multi-GPU configurations, too. If that is the case, display servers could theoretically be built on top of pure EGL drivers. > Does that > mean these companies would only have to release one proprietary driver that > supports EGL and it would work on both Mir and Wayland? I'm not asking > Ubuntu developers to say what Nvidia or AMD will do, just making a "what if" > scenario here. > If those drivers were available, it would work for any display server, yes. HTH, Thomas > Thanks! > > Kyle Williams > > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel