| Erik Faye-Lund | 4d06683 | 2020-06-12 20:09:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Developers |
| 2 | ========== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Both professional and volunteer developers contribute to Mesa. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | `VMware <https://www.vmware.com/>`__ employs several of the main Mesa |
| 7 | developers including Brian Paul and Keith Whitwell. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | In the past, Tungsten Graphics contracts implemented many Mesa features |
| 10 | including: |
| 11 | |
| 12 | - DRI drivers for Intel i965, i945, i915 and other chips |
| 13 | - Advanced memory manager and framebuffer object support |
| 14 | - Shading language compiler and OpenGL 2.0 support |
| 15 | - MiniGLX environment |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Other companies including `Intel <https://01.org/linuxgraphics>`__ and |
| 18 | RedHat also actively contribute to the project. Intel has recently |
| 19 | contributed the new GLSL compiler in Mesa 7.9. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | `LunarG <https://www.lunarg.com/>`__ can be contacted for custom Mesa / |
| 22 | 3D graphics development. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Volunteers have made significant contributions to all parts of Mesa, |
| 25 | including complete device drivers. |