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Radeon Software For Linux Dropping AMD's Proprietary OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers (www.phoronix.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev
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[โ€“] Scoopta@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, at one point vulkan was called glNext so I guess it isn't that wild. Although I'm surprised they would have started development on a driver before any spec was fully agreed on. Unless they just reworked their mantle driver to become their vulkan driver?

[โ€“] vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't be surprised if something like that was the case. Could have been that the successive work was negotiated with khronos & lunarg before the final name was chosen.