This is a great day for Mesa and open-source graphics drivers. Just a tad over a month ago, I submitted OpenGL ES 2.0 conformance test results to Khronos for Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge GPUs with Mesa 8.0.4. There were no objections during the 30 day review period, so we are now officially conformant! Finally being on that list is pretty cool.

Not only is this great news for my team at Intel, but it's terrific news for Mesa. Mesa has had a long history with OpenGL, the ARB, and Khronos. This is, however, the first time that Mesa has ever, in any way, been listed as a conformant implementation. This is a big boost to Mesa's credibility.

Hopefully we'll be able to follow this with OpenGL ES 3.0 conformance next year. :)

"I submitted OpenGL ES 2.0 conformance test results to Khronos for Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge GPUs with Mesa 8.0.4. There were no objections during the 30 day review period, so we are now officially conformant!"

My people won't call your people.. you've passed! How does that make any sense? BUREAUCRACY!!

Comment by Anonymous Tue 21 Aug 2012 06:56:22 AM PDT
Great news indeed... thanks and congrats!
Comment by John Green Tue 21 Aug 2012 08:05:45 AM PDT

Intel sponsored certification? (Or is it included in fees Intel already pay as member of Khronos?) Are there any plans for future certifications?

Oh and...

GREAT WORK!

Comment by przemoli Tue 21 Aug 2012 08:46:55 AM PDT
As far as I can tell, that's the usual way. The review process is really a 30 day period for reviewers to reject a submission. If sufficient time passes without any objections, the submission is accepted. shrug
Comment by IanRomanick Tue 21 Aug 2012 10:57:26 AM PDT
We (Intel) plans to continue certifying our hardware on the drivers (e.g., Mesa) that we support. I don't see any reason why other Mesa contributors (nudge nudge AMD) can't submit conformance test results for Mesa-based drivers.
Comment by IanRomanick Tue 21 Aug 2012 11:01:21 AM PDT