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added info about S3TC texture compression

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<center>
<h1>Mesa Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
Last updated: 26 November 2003
Last updated: 31 December 2003
</center>
<br>
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<h2><a name="part2">2.6 What's the proper place for the libraries and headers?</a></h2>
<p>
<a name="part2">On Linux-based systems you'll want to follow the
</a><a href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/ABI/index.html">Linux ABI</a>
standard.
</a><a href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/ABI/index.html"
target="_parent">Linux ABI</a> standard.
Basically you'll want the following:
</p>
<ul>
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</a></p>
<p>
<a name="part3">If your DRI-based driver isn't working, go to the
</a><a href="http://dri.sf.net/">DRI website</a> for trouble-shooting information.
</a><a href="http://dri.sf.net/" target="_parent">DRI website</a> for trouble-shooting information.
</p>
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<p>
Make sure the ratio of the far to near clipping planes isn't too great.
Look
<a href="http://www.sgi.com/software/opengl/advanced97/notes/node18.html">
<a href="http://www.sgi.com/software/opengl/advanced97/notes/node18.html"
target="_parent">
here</a> for details.
</p>
<p>
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is discussed.
</a></p>
<p>
<a name="part4">The </a><a href="http://www.opengl.org/developers/documentation/specs.html">
<a name="part4">The </a><a href="http://www.opengl.org/developers/documentation/specs.html" target="_parent">
OpenGL Specification</a> is the bible for OpenGL implemention work.
You should read it.
</p>
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</p>
<h2>4.3 Why isn't GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc implemented in Mesa and/or the DRI drivers?</h2>
<p>
The <a href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ogl-sample/registry/EXT/texture_compression_s3tc.txt" target="_parent">specification for the extension</a>
indicates that there are intellectual property (IP) and/or patent issues
to be dealt with.
</p>
<p>We've been unsucessful in getting a response from S3 (or whoever owns
the IP nowadays) to indicate whether or not an open source project can
implement the extension (specifically the compression/decompression
algorithms).
</p>
<p>
Until we can get official permission to do so, this extension will not
be implemented in Mesa.
</p>
</body>
</html>