Re: [pok] Question about POK and plans for graphical libraries

[Julien Savard <julien.savard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, of course, thank you very much for the infos :)
I will check out the links you sent, and keep the community in touch if plans
are made.

Thanks again,
Julien Savard


Selon Julien Delange <julien@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Le Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 01:54:40PM -0500, Julien Savard :
> > I was wondering if there was any plan for POK to support graphical
> libraries
> > (for example, OpenGL on the x86 target) in the future. Of course, I suppose
> it
> > would also imply to support some C++ libraries as well.
>
> At this time, no. But if you think about it, let's do it :-)
>
> If you plan to do such an integration, I think you should consider the
> following things :
> 1. OpenGL SC. This is OpenGL for safety-critical software. Having such
> an implementation in POK would be a really disruptive innovation.
> However, I do know if this would be a real significant effort or not.
> 2. You can have an example of a tiny OpenGL library by having a look at
> Kastor (http://kastor.opaak.org/bin/view/Kastor/Home). This is a really
> tiny Operating System that contain an OpenGL library. If this is not
> very impressive in terms of performance and everything is performed by
> software (no hardware integration), it could provide some ideas about
> how to proceed.
>
> Hope that answer your questions :-)
>
> Best regards,
>