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#1

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-hybrid-graphics

Hopefully this gets a few minutes during the X meeting.

#2

http://bumblebee-project.org/

For those who need to know.

#3

grahammechanical said: http://bumblebee-project.org/

For those who need to know.

Works well but it would be good to get more native support.

#4

grahammechanical said: http://bumblebee-project.org/

For those who need to know.

eric@gensokyo:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile 
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL extensions:
eric@gensokyo:~$ DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVC3
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL extensions:

Works right out of the box with 12.10

#5

Starks said:

eric@gensokyo:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30 OpenGL extensions: eric@gensokyo:~$ DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: nouveau OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVC3 OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30 OpenGL extensions:


Works right out of the box with 12.10

That's open source drivers, you currently wouldn't be able to use the closed drivers without something like Bumblebee.
#6

I updated the spec I linked earlier.

There is now a supplemental spec for the UI.

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-hybrid-graphics https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-hybrid-graphics-user-experience

#7

Nvidia's PRIME helpers are pretty much guaranteed for Linux 3.9

All of the necessary code has landed in the needed for-next trees

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux/commit/?h=drm-next&id=89177644a7b6306e6084a89eab7e290f4bfef397

http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/sumitsemwal/linux-dma-buf.git;a=commit;h=90b6e90cb03352a352015ca213ac9f4fab3308f3

If nothing else is in the way, Nvidia will be able to use dma-buf through these helpers for Ubuntu 13.10 Sharting Shrew.