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Mesa Drops Its Poorly Maintained & Rarely Used Direct3D 10 User-Mode Driver
First reported Source: PhoronixLast editorial activity
What happened
Back in 2021 the Direct3D 10 User-Mode Driver "d3d10umd" was introduced as a new Gallium3D (Realtime 3d render library) state tracker to work as a Windows WDDM UMD driver similar to Windows WARP while leveraging LLVMpipe for better performance.
Key facts
- Back in 2021 the Direct3D 10 User-Mode Driver "d3d10umd" was — introduced: as a new Gallium3D state tracker to work as a Windows WDDM UMD driver similar to Windows WARP while leveraging LLVMpipe for better performance
Sources & evidence
- Phoronix Reporting source
Mesa Drops Its Poorly Maintained & Rarely Used Direct3D 10 User-Mode Driver ↗
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Drops-Direct3D-10-UMD