3D support?

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:09:16 +0200 "Marc Palmans" <marcpalmans at telenet.be>
babbled:

> >> no 3d accel available. basic 2d accel only in x (blits,
> >> fills). we can't provide you docs even if you sign an
> >> nda with us. it's trickier than that. no solution
> >> currently there, but we've looked at some ideas.
> >
> > Isn't the glamo going in the GTA03 anyway?
> 
> I wouldn't reject the glamo just for this. I've emailed smediatech directly 
> for the documentation and said signing an nda wasn't a problem. I want to 
> hear first hand what their policy is. For example, in the old days (damn, 
> I'm getting old :) ) S3 would only release their documentation if you 
> completed a form saying which company you worked for, what your first 
> release title would be, etc... As a student I filled it in (and had to put 
> in N/A in several parts) and didn't hear from them in months. Then I 
> suddenly got by regular mail the complete documentation I asked for.
> 
> If the glamo can't be "open" like that, I would prefer another gpu. 

ask trolltech about how far they have come getting an nda from smedia so they
can write an accelerated back-end for qtopia's qws.

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Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster at openmoko.org>