rfc/headsup: graphics driver packaging in F16+

[Kevin Kofler]

Adam Jackson wrote:
> On 4/12/11 11:58 PM, John Reiser wrote:
>> On 04/12/2011 09:12 AM, Adam Jackson wrote:
>>> For comparison, the baseline for the GPU in the phone in your pocket -
>>> and that platform layers like clutter more or less expect - is GLES 2.0,
>>> which is roughly comparable to DirectX 9.  We're rapidly approaching the
>>> point where the software renderer is going to be a more satisfying
>>> experience than hardware 3d support for these chips, both for features
>>> and for performance.
>>
>> How rapidly?  Today, which one leads in "satisfying experience", and by
>> how much?
> 
> F16 timeframe?  That's kind of why I bring it up now.

Will F16 finally ship the llvmpipe as the default software renderer?

(I can see the llvmpipe beat ancient cards easily, judging from the 
benchmarks I've seen so far, but the existing software pipes are really 
really slow.)

        Kevin Kofler