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Direct Rendering Infrastructure

The Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) is the framework comprising the modern Linux graphics stack which allows unprivileged user-space programs to issue commands to graphics hardware without conflicting with other programs. The main use of DRI is to provide hardware acceleration for the Mesa implementation of OpenGL. DRI has also been adapted to…

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Developer
freedesktop.org
License
MIT and other licenses
Original authors
Precision Insight, Tungsten Graphics
Platform
POSIX
Release
August 1998; 28 years ago (1998-08)
Stable release
2.4.x / February 2009

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Software architecture

DRI1

DRI2

DRI3

Adoption

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Direct Rendering Infrastructure

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Edges87
Triples76
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022727
Components1

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Direct Rendering Infrastructure

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related to Software architecture · 18
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → API, As, Both, DDX, Direct Rendering Manager, DMA, DRI, DRM, For, GLX, Mesa, OpenGL, Server, Server's DDX, Since DRI, The, These DRI, X11
related to overview · 15
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → All, Any, API, As, Device Dependent, In, IPC, IPC-less, Server, The, The Direct Rendering Infrastructure, This, Those, Window System, X11
related to DRI2 · 11
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → Compiz, Direct Rendering Manager, DRI, DRI2, Due, In DRI2, Regular, Server, The, The DRI, VBLANK
related to DRI3 · 6
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → Although DRI2, DRI, DRI2, DRI3, In, The
related to External links · 5
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → Keith Packard, Kristian Høgsberg, The DRI2 Extension, The DRI3 Extension, The Present Extension
Developer · 1
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → freedesktop.org
License · 1
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → MIT and other licenses
Original authors · 1
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → Precision Insight, Tungsten Graphics
Platform · 1
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → POSIX
Release · 1
Direct Rendering Infrastructure → August 1998; 28 years ago (1998-08)

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rendering dri server client dri2 clients buffer buffers graphics window dri3 extension direct also render present drm using hardware new

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Direct Rendering InfrastructureDeveloperfreedesktop.org1.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructureLicenseMIT and other licenses1.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructureOriginal authorsPrecision Insight, Tungsten Graphics1.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructurePlatformPOSIX1.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructureReleaseAugust 1998; 28 years ago (1998-08)1.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructureStable release2.4.x / February 20091.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructureTypeFramework / API1.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructureWebsitedri.freedesktop.org1.00infobox
Direct Rendering InfrastructureWritten inC1.00infobox
OpenGLinstance ofthe libraries are normally presented to clients as hardware-accelerated implementations of a 3D API0.80text
provided by either the 3D-hardware vendor itself or a third party such as the Mesa 3D free software project.the X Server provides an X11 protocol extensioninstance ofthe libraries are normally presented to clients as hardware-accelerated implementations of a 3D API0.80text
the command queueinstance ofresources0.80text

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