Thanks for the clarification.
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Thomas Voß <thomas.v...@canonical.com>wrote: > 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 >
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