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Mesa's Zink Preps NV_timeline_semaphore For Better OpenGL-Vulkan Interoperability


Mike Blumenkrantz with Valve's Linux graphics driver team continues working on enhancements to Mesa's Zink driver for OpenGL implemented over the Vulkan API

A new merge request is further enhancing OpenGL and Vulkan interoperability by supporting the GL_NV_timeline_semaphore extension. The NVIDIA vendor extension of GL_NV_timeline_semaphore bringing Vulkan's timeline semaphores concept to the OpenGL API. This merge request is where that NV_timeline_semaphore support is pending for enhancing Vulkan and OpenGL API interoperability.

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