Status applet doesn't render well in 16bit X

[MerlijnWajer]

Some relevant info from the irc logs:

18:27 < freemangordon> well, not 100% sure, but what I think is:
18:29 < freemangordon> on d4 (and pinephone),   EGL_KHR_image_pixmap is used to bind pixmap to a texture
18:29 < freemangordon> however, either SGX driver is buggy on d4 or glEGLImageTargetTexture2DOES cannot be used for 32bpp images on 16 bits
18:30 < freemangordon> when the target is GL_TEXTURE_2D
18:31 < freemangordon> however, there is another target for glEGLImageTargetTexture2DOES -  GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES, but because of my ignorance in EGL and the lack of godd documentation and examples, it is hard for me to judge whether it will work or not
18:32 < freemangordon> simple replacement of GL_TEXTURE_2D with GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES in clutter didn't do the job, so I have to create test program to gain some experience :)
18:32 < freemangordon> Wizzup: is it clearer now?
18:33 < Wizzup> so it doesn't happen on pinephone?
18:33 < freemangordon> on pinephone nothing is rendered with 16bpp
18:33 < Wizzup> ok
18:33 < freemangordon> but I guess it is another story
18:33 < Wizzup> right
18:34 < freemangordon> on d4, because hildon-status-menu and hildon-home are applications, thus EGL_KHR_image_pixmap
18:34 < freemangordon> and because they want transparency, thats why 32bits
18:35 < freemangordon> BTW, it would be great if we can find someone with some experience in EGL/GLES2
18:37 < freemangordon> as docs are in shape of https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/OES/OES_EGL_image_external.txt

[MerlijnWajer]

09:50 < freemangordon> Wizzup: 16bpp bad rendering on d4 is a driver bug, in vmplayer VM, with 3d accel enabled (so EGL_KHR_image_pixmap is supported), the same clutter code works perfectly fine
10:19 < freemangordon> I wonder how to try the newer SGX driver (1.17 or whatever the version)

[MerlijnWajer]

Might be helpful somehow: http://powervr-graphics.github.io/WebGL_SDK/WebGL_SDK/Documentation/Architecture%20Guides/PowerVR.Supported%20Extensions.OpenGL%20ES.EGL.pdf

[IMbackK]

Im going to close this as wontfix, since we are staying on 32bit by necessity of support in modern applications, newer pvr also has issues at 16 bit btw.