[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 02/71] target/d3dadapter9: Return Windows like card names

[Benjamin Bellec]

Don't hold your commit because of me. I haven't the skills to review this
code. I just saw this mapping and asking myself about it. It can be be
modified later if needed in any case.

2015-08-21 22:09 GMT+02:00 Axel Davy <axel.davy at ens.fr>:

> As far as I know, the mapping is not an official one.
>
> Games usually do not use the card name to apply
> card specific workarounds, instead they use the vendor
> or the device id.
>
> However the names are sometimes used in configuration files
> to match the user set configuration to a card (and reset if the
> card is changed).
>
> In general in game settings you will see the name advertised.
>
> Some apps may even have other usages of the names.
>
> Besides advertising the Windows like names, we want add in the future
> an easy way to change the card advertised. For example to advertise older
> card
> of your vendor, or advertise another vendor (some games do disable
> some features for some cards).
>
> Yours,
>
> Axel Davy
>
> On 17/08/2015 19:30, Benjamin Bellec write :
>
> Hello,
>>
>> Where does this mapping list come from ? Is this an official map (Vendor
>> or Windows drivers) ? Is that used just for information ?
>> Because many of them are not really precise, if not completely wrong at
>> all (eg. the Radeon R400/R500 series names).
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> --
>> Benjamin
>>
>>
>>
>
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