HP Workstation zx2000 Release Note
Hp common 3d graphics release notes for hp-ux 11.0 (september 2002) on ipf based systems
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Release Notes for HP Common 3D Graphics for HP-UX 11.23 (June 2003)
on IPF-Based Systems.
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Print Date: June 2003
Copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003
1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
These Release Notes contain information that is common to the Xlib and HP
OpenGL graphics application programming interfaces (APIs). For specific
information on each API, see their respective Release Notes. The on-line
Release Notes for the 3D graphics APIs are:
Common:
/opt/graphics/common/ReleaseNotes
HP OpenGL:
/opt/graphics/OpenGL/ReleaseNotes
2. WHAT'S IN THIS VERSION?
The 3D graphics software released with the HP-UX 11.23 Operating Environment
June 2003 release is the next release to support 3D graphics APIs on IPF-based
systems. The only 3D API that is supported is OpenGL. The following features
are included with this release:
* Support of New Devices: ATI FireGL X1 and ATI FireGL Z1
* Support of X11: Xserver (XFree86-based)
Note: 2D/3D Distributed Single Logical Screen (SLS/d) for OpenGL is not
supported with this release.
See the following documentation for additional information:
* The "Addenda -- Additional Graphics Information" section of this document
* The Release Notes for your particular 3D graphics API
These documents can be viewed at
3. KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS
N/A
4. COMPATIBILITY AND INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
Software Requirements
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The 3D graphics APIs shipped with the HP-UX 11.23 Operating Environment (June
2003 release) require the use of the HP-UX 11.23 Operating Environment (June
2003 release) and the corresponding X11 release.
http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_manuals.
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- Page 1 Release Notes for HP Common 3D Graphics for HP-UX 11.23 (June 2003) on IPF-Based Systems. -------------------------------------------------------- Print Date: June 2003 Copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS These Release Notes contain information that is common to the Xlib and HP OpenGL graphics application programming interfaces (APIs). For specific information on each API, see their respective Release Notes.
- Page 2 Hardware Requirements ===================== With this release, Hewlett-Packard 3D graphics APIs are supported with the following bit-mapped graphics devices: * ATI FireGL X1 * ATI FireGL Z1 For Graphics Information ======================== You can use the "graphinfo" command to obtain information about the bit-mapped graphics device(s) attached to your HP-UX IPF system.
- Page 3 8. ADDENDA -- ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS INFORMATION Graphics APIs ============= Hewlett-Packard supports the HP OpenGL 3D graphics API libraries for use with the HP-UX 11.23 Operating Environment June 2003 release. For information about enhancements and changes to the current version of HP...
- Page 4 Threads Information =================== HP OpenGL supports Level 1b threads for this release. This means HP OpenGL can be used in a threaded application, but all OpenGL calls must reside in a single thread. Other threads can be used for computations, etc. Note that using OpenGL graphics in a Kernel threaded application requires that the application link with libpthread.sl (not the archived version, libpthread.a).