Re: OpenGL, GLUT, etc

steven mestdagh <steven.mestdagh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
dave <daf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have just started reading _The OpenGL Superbible, 4th ed._
but there is absolutely no mention of *BSD anywhere in the book.
Is there an overview of OpenGL, GLUT, etc. as used in OpenBSD?
apropos OpenGL has a little info, but not much.

You can use the Mesa implementation of OpenGL (http://www.mesa3d.org/)
which is bundled in the X.org file sets.
GLUT is available in the ports tree.

Mesa is mentioned in the Super Bible (SB). My impression is that
one uses mesa when there is no hardware driver support for OpenGL
and that the version of OpenGL/Mesa supported is determined by the
video driver support. I.e. upgrading OpenGL (eg from 2.0 to 2.1)
requires upgrading the video driver. Is that correct?
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