Subject: Re: q3test + riva tnt working..
To: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@t.dk>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/03/1999 10:47:04
Soren S. Jorvang writes:
> 
> I just want hardware 3D to improve 'xlock -modelist allgl' performance :-)
> 
> The NVidia source code hasn't been released yet as far as I know, neither 
> the 2D improvements or the 3D code.

I downloaded it earlier yesterday.  Works.

> I seem to recall (not quite sure) that NVidia's GLX code is based on
> Precision Insight's 'direct rendering' code which is also not freely
> available yet (but will be quite soon, I believe).

It is XFree86 3.3.3.1 based currently.

> Anyway, XFree86 (including the version that is in xsrc) can use
> a GLX module (such as the G200 one mentioned below) by just using
> 'Load "glx.so" in 'Section "Module"'. Since this stuff is also
> currently very much in flux, I think there is little point in
> integrating it or even making packages from it.

Yup, I'm using it this way now. :-)

-Andrew
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