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The open source OpenGL driver AMD radeonsi is now extremely close to having full OpenGL 4.4 support, and OpenGL 4.5 is now complete.

I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, the progress on open drivers in the past year has been pretty amazing.

Recently “GL_ARB_query_buffer_object” was added in for radeonsi (OpenGL 4.4), leaving only “GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts” left for full OpenGL 4.4 support.

The radeonsi driver already has OpenGL 4.5 support, as the last extension “GL_KHR_robustness" was implemented on the 5th of October.

Hopefully once the last OpenGL 4.4 part is finished, the developers can then focus on performance edge cases. This would be especially nice, as it would then enable game developers, like Feral for one example, to better support AMD GPU’s with their Linux ports.

You can track the level of support any time on the MesaMatrix website. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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ziabice Oct 8, 2016
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Quoting: ziabice...aaand it's gone! :D

OpenGL 4.4/4.5 is finished!

I doubt that to be the case. I won't go to that other site, but if you've a direct link to any Mesa developments I can probably give more accurate information.

Here's the official set of patches, nearly all already reviewed: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2016-October/130984.html
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