XXX - Not complete yet!!!

Name

    SGIX_scalebias_hint

Name Strings

    GL_SGIX_scalebias_hint

Contact

    SGI

Status

    XXX - Not complete yet!!!

Version

    $Date$

Number

    236

Dependencies

    None

Overview

    This extension adds an precision hint for scaling and biasing
    arithmetic. For large scale factors, hinting GL_NICEST produces the
    most accurate results. The hint only applies to Octane2 VPro
    graphics systems, to work around a hardware issue.

New Procedures and Functions

    None

New Tokens

    Accepted by the <target> parameter of glHint and by the <pname>
    parameter of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv, GetFloatv, and GetDoublev:

	SCALEBIAS_HINT_SGIX		0x8322

Additions to Chapter 2 of the 1.1 Specification (OpenGL Operation)

    None

Additions to Chapter 3 of the 1.1 Specification (Rasterization)

    None

Additions to Chapter 4 of the 1.1 Specification (Fragments and the
Frame Buffer)

    None

Additions to Chapter 5 of the 1.1 Specification (Special Functions)

    Add to section 5.6 ("Hints"):

    If the <target> argument of Hint is specified as SCALEBIAS_HINT,
    then the <hint> argument indicates the desired precision of
    geometric transformations around the near clip plane (XXX - is this
    really what's going on?). The NICEST hint trades off performance for
    increased clip accuracy.

Additions to Chapter 6 of the 1.1 Specification (State and State Requests)

    None

Additions to the GLX Specification

    None

GLX Protocol

    None

Errors

    None

New State

    Get Value		    Get Command     Type    Value	    Attrib
    ---------		    -----------     ----    -------	    ------
    SCALEBIAS_HINT_SGIX     GetIntegerv     Z3	    DONT_CARE	    hint

New Implementation Dependent State

    None