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Every time I tested with Mesa and had issues, it turned out that Mesa was out of spec and quite specifically lying about that fact. And this was with absolutely
by gmueckl 7y ago
Every time I tested with Mesa and had issues, it turned out that Mesa was out of spec and quite specifically lying about that fact. And this was with absolutely essential features like rendering into floating point textures. So no, Mesa is not an indicator for spec compliance, either.
- shmerl 7y agoI suppose that was a long time ago? Today Mesa is compliant a lot more than Nvidia blob. See also: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenGL-Texture-Float-Freed https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenGL-T...
- gmueckl 7y agoWell, that was just one example that I found really egregious. I am usually right to distrust Mesa more than the nVidia blob.
- shmerl 7y agoSo when was it exactly? I doubt recently. Mesa progressed to the point of full compliance a few years ago. Today, it's trusted a lot more than the blob, due to the later silently swallowing errors frequently and messing around with substituting shaders behind the scenes. Try testing current Mesa versions. Previous experiences are no longer relevant.