Direct Rendering Open Source Project
The Direct Rendering Infrastructure, also known as the DRI, is a framework for allowing direct access to graphics hardware under the X Window System in a safe and efficient manner. It includes changes to the X server, to several client libraries, and to the kernel (DRM, Direct Rendering Manager). The most important use for the DRI is to create fast OpenGL implementations.
The DRI is an integral part of X.org 7.x, and integrates with Mesa, an open source implementation of the OpenGL API. Several 3D accelerated drivers have been written to the DRI specification, including drivers for chipsets produced by ATI, Matrox, 3DFX, and Intel.
The DRI was initially developed by Precision Insight, Inc. (PI) in cooperation with, and partially funded by Red Hat Inc., and SGI. Since PI's merger with VA Linux, and VA Linux' subsequent exit from Linux, the DRI is being maintained by Tungsten Graphics Inc., a new company formed by some of the initial DRI developers from PI. Tungsten Graphics is the current focal point for DRI development, and many open source developers continue to contribute to the project through the DRI project.
DRI Wiki
Starting Points
Status - status of various drivers
Documentation - documentation for both end-user and developers
Development - contributing to development
Download - download source code; ordinary users should get DRI with their BSD/Linux distribution
Links - collection of links related to DRI
Miscellaneous
General information:
CategoryHardware: hardware specific information
CategoryFaq: frequently asked questions
TestingAndDebugging: tips for testing and debugging the drivers
DriTroubleshooting: when things go wrong
Benchmarks: R300Benchmark, AGPBenchmarks
Special topics:
PowerManagement: power management support
StereoSupport: stereoscopic 3D support
ConfigurationInfrastructure: (GUI) configuration of the 3D drivers
Writers
Things to do:
ToDo: incomplete pages
WantedPages: wanted/missing pages
Miscellaneous Information
DriHistory: DRI project history
CategoryCategory: categories in this Wiki
FreeDesktop
The DRI website is hosted by freedesktop.org. The DRI MailingLists are hosted by SourceForge.