Re:OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux
by nightski on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:38AM
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Don't worry, I'm not planning on it. But it seems reasonable to wish Apple supported open source efforts on it's hardware at the very least. It's pretty bad when even Intel beats you on documenting their hardware. They have extremely detailed documentation down to the register level for their new GPUs (A770).
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It's not unreasonable, it's just not gonna happen any time soon.
> Intel for example provides very detailed technical documents on their new GPUs
Intel sells parts to other people, and those buyers expect that kind of documentation. And when it comes to GPUs they’re in 3rd place for high end GPUs and are incentivized to give people as much info as possible to optimize for their hardware.
Apple doesn’t sell their computer hardware to any other OEMs, or hsve a 3rd party making their OS, so they don’t need to produce documentation for anyone.
I agree it would be nice if it was documented. But absent a law forcing them I don’t see it happening.