X and Eye Candy

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Tim Writer <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>
| 
| Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> writes:
| 
| > Release 0.1 doesn't support DRI but future versions will aim at
| > supporting it.
| 
| Are you sure about that? ATI's proprietary driver requires DRI for hardware
| accelerated OpenGL. Without DRI, 3D rendering is software only. In which
| case, why wouldn't it (Xgl) work with any video card, assuming the system is
| fast enough to provide reasonable 3D performance?

As I understand it, Xgl is an X server built on top of another X
server.  Xgl does not provide DRI to its clients, but it uses DRI as a
client of the other server.

It isn't obvious to me that there is a way for Xgl to provide DRI to
its client.  I just don't know if the DRI from one level can be made
to look like DRI at another.
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