On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 22:27 +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> Am 18.11.2004 um 20:06 schrieb Jim Gettys:
> 
> > It is non-trivial; we really need superbuffers, which aren't fully
> > implemented in GL implementations, and sharing of X pixmaps as such
> > superbuffers, along with shared memory management.
> 
> While superbuffers are the most general solution, wouldn't something 
> like Apple's client storage extension be easier to implement and 
> sufficient for a start? They have a few other extensions allowing for 
> tight OpenGL / desktop integration.

Yeah, we're doing this sort of stuff to get Xgl running right now, as
I understand it.  The big issue beyond that is sharing memory allocation
between direct rendering applications and the window system, which
requires a lot of driver work.
				- Jim