HP Workstation c3650 HP OpenGL Release Notes of PA-RISC Based Systems - Page 3

8. TRADEMARKS Not applicable. 9. ADDENDA -- ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS INFORMATION hp Fire GL-UX Information The hp Fire GL-UX graphics device is HP's new high-end 3D graphics product. This device is supported on the following HP workstations: * C3650 * C3700 * J6000 * J6700 The hp Fire GL-UX requires one of the following releases: * For 11.X-based computers: HP-UX 11.0 Additional Core Enhancements (ACE) December 2002 release or later. The attributes of the hp Fire GL-UX device are: * 8 Overlay planes * 48 Image planes (for 24-plane single buffered or 24/24 double-buffered rendering) * A total of 5 hardware color maps (1 image, 4 overlay) * Supported Overlay visuals are: - Depth 8 PseudoColor * Supported Image visuals are: - Depth 24 TrueColor For more information on this device, see the "OpenGL Implementation Guide" and the "Graphics Administration Guide." Threads Information HP OpenGL supports Level 2 threads for this release. This means HP OpenGL can be used in a threaded application. More than one thread can use OpenGL. A given context can only be current in one thread at a given time. Note that using OpenGL graphics in a Kernel threaded application requires that the application link with libpthread.sl (not the archived version, libpthread.a). Also note that OpenGL libraries are not cancel safe or fork safe. For more information on using threads, see the following documentation: * The http://devresource.hp.com web site (see "Threads and Multiprocessing") * The "OpenGL Programming Guide" * The "OpenGL Reference Manual" * "Threadtime" by S. Norton and M. Dipasquale 64-bit Computing Information