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GL_NV_draw_buffers on Android/Tegra. Where can I find the headers?

Started by chronozphere Jul 4, 2012 at 11:33 AM 1 replies 3.2k views

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Jul 4, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Hi,

I would like to use the gl_nv_draw_buffers extension, which should be available on all tegra devices. I found the following header file:

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http://www.khronos.org/registry/gles/api/2.0/gl2ext.h[/font]

However, I'm not sure how to use this, as it is not part of android. The official NDK doesn't contain a version of gl2ext.h which defines gl_nv_draw_buffers.

I would like to know where to get the official headers as used by NVidia. Also, I would like to know how to use these properly. Should I put them in the android-ndk/platform directory somewhere?

Thanks a bunch!

chronozphere

Jul 15, 2012 at 10:56 AM

Can somebody explain me how I can use the gl_nv_draw_buffer extension, either in JAVA or using native code?

Thanks!

Hodgman

Jul 15, 2012 at 11:18 AM

The way that GL extensions work, is that you won't usually find them in your standard GL headers (otherwise they'd be standard, not extensions

).
You can read the background on the idea here: http://www.opengl.or.../OGLextensions/

I'm not sure if nVidia supplies "official" headers for their extensions, but anyone can make their own header by following the instructions in the official txt description of the extension. There's projects such as GLee and GLEW that take it upon themselves to try and create comprehensive extension headers to simplify this process.

That header that you've linked to (which comes from the official GL authority -- the khronos group) defines a new "function pointer" type ([font=courier new,courier,monospace]PFNGLDRAWBUFFERSNVPROC[/font]), which is able to hold the address of your [font=courier new,courier,monospace]glDrawBuffersNV[/font] function. The OS will have a mechanism where you can ask for the address of a GL function by name, e.g. "glDrawBuffersNV", and it will return a function pointer. You can then cast this function pointer to the above type, and then call it as if it were a real function.

On Windows, you do this name->function-pointer lookup using the [font=courier new,courier,monospace]wglGetProcAddress[/font] function, I assume android has something similar, but I'm not familiar with it.

[EDIT] These might be of use:
http://stackoverflow...sions-supported
http://graphicexperiences.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/access-opengl-es-extensions-in-android-2-2-and-early/
It seems Android originally didn't want to allow developers to use vendor-specific extensions...

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