Mesa 3D

MESA 3D is the 3D driver used for Intel Graphics cards on Linux and UNIX operating systems which implements the OpenGL standard. It is responsible for processing the rendering requests, and provides support for OpenGL and GLSL standards.

To understand more about the MESA development, and participate in the process, the following are the main guidelines to get started:

Web page

• The main MESA3D project web page is www.mesa3d.org.

Mailing list

• General developers discussions occur on the mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org mailing list.
• Subscribe to the list at http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev.
• Archives are found at http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/.

IRC

• Mesa developers hang out in #dri-devel@freenode.net.
• For Intel-specific issues, most developers also are present on the in #dri-devel@freenode.net channel as well.

Bugs

• When you discover a problem or want to request a new feature, you can file an issue by following the guideline at https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation/how-report-bugs.

Patches

The Mesa development happens in the mesa-dev mailing lists, where patches are submitted for review.

The Mesa development repository is located at MESA repository, and feel free to experiment with it, test the new code and send patches when appropriate! Code speaks louder than words.