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diff --git a/docs/pbuffers.html b/docs/pbuffers.html deleted file mode 100644 index 25991015558..00000000000 --- a/docs/pbuffers.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ -<HTML> - -<TITLE>PBuffer Rendering</TITLE> - -<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mesa.css"></head> - -<BODY> - -<H1>PBuffer Rendering</H1> - -<p> -Basically, FBconfigs and PBuffers allow you to do off-screen rendering -with OpenGL. The OSMesa interface does basically the same thing, but -fbconfigs and pbuffers are supported by more vendors. -PBuffer rendering may also be hardware accelerated. -</p> - -<p> -PBuffers are getting more use nowadays, though they've actually been -around for a long time on IRIX systems and other workstations. -</p> - -<p> -The -<a href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/registry/SGIX/fbconfig.txt" -target="_parent">GL_SGIX_fbconfig</a> -and -<a href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/registry/SGIX/pbuffer.txt" -target="_parent"> -GL_SGIX_pbuffer</a> extensions describe the functionality. -More recently, these extensions have been promoted to ARB extensions (on -Windows at least). -</p> - -<p> -The Mesa/progs/xdemos/ directory has some useful code for working -with pbuffers: -</p> - -<ul> -<li><b>pbinfo.c</b> - like glxinfo, it prints a list of available - fbconfigs and whether each supports pbuffers. -<li><b>pbutil.c</b> - a few utility functions for dealing with - fbconfigs and pbuffers. -<li><b>pbdemo.c</b> - a demonstration of off-screen rendering with pbuffers. -</ul> - -<p> -Mesa 4.1 and later support GL_SGIX_fbconfig and GL_SGIX_pbuffer (software -rendering only). -</p> - -</BODY> -</HTML> |