On Nov 27, 2015 10:16 AM, "Emil Velikov" <<a href="mailto:emil.l.velikov@gmail.com">emil.l.velikov@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On 27 November 2015 at 17:54, Jason Ekstrand <<a href="mailto:jason@jlekstrand.net">jason@jlekstrand.net</a>> wrote: > > > > On Nov 25, 2015 1:27 PM, "Emil Velikov" <<a href="mailto:emil.l.velikov@gmail.com">emil.l.velikov@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > >> > >> Hello all, > >> > >> Some of us have been thinking about moving nir out of glsl, and fleshing > >> out some common helper (static library) that is use by both. So here it > >> is - src/compiler. > >> > >> The modules (libcompiler, libnir and libglsl) are unfortunately not > >> really independent. > >> - libcompiler - compile time (mesa ir, glsl ir, util), link - util > >> - libglsl - compile (compiler, mesa ir, util), link - compiler, util > >> - libnir - compile (compiler, mesa ir, glsl ir, util), link - compiler, > >> util > > > > Thanks for working on this! Before I make comments, its worth noting that > > the biggest churn is just moving files. If we don't have the linking > > details figured out, that shouldn't block landing the file churn. > > > > I was kind of hoping that we could have a libnir that doesn't require glsl. > > It would be good for freedreno and vc4 among other things. Maybe split > > things up differently? > > > One of us is getting confused here. > > NIR does _not_ depend during link time on glsl and vice-versa (as per > above list). OK, that wasn't clear. Where does glsl_to_nir go then? Does it not actually need to link against libglsl? I could believe it but it does have to link against NIR. > To remove the compile-time dependency, I've spent a fair bit of time > trying to flesh things out. Yet that's not possible without rewriting > substantial hunks of glsl, nir and mesa. That's fine. I know that's a lot of work so don't worry about it for now. > > - libcompilerutil: just glsl_types and shader_enums > > - libglsl > > - libnir > > - libcompiler > > > > Neither libglsl nor libnir should depend on the other. If you want > > everything, you use libcompiler which would depend on both libglsl and > > libnir and also bring in glsl_to_nir. > > > > Would that be practical? (I don't know autotools or libtool all that well.) > > > With the above said I'm not sure how I can comment on this. Sorry :-( > > Thanks > Emil