On Nov 27, 2015 10:44 AM, "Emil Velikov" <<a href="mailto:emil.l.velikov@gmail.com">emil.l.velikov@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > On 27 November 2015 at 18:37, Jason Ekstrand <<a href="mailto:jason@jlekstrand.net">jason@jlekstrand.net</a>> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > Suggestions on how to make it clearer are appreciated :-) Meh, you clarified :-) > glsl_to_nir is stored as currently - in NIR. Things just work out fine > as [I'm leaning that] the linker just removes the file where it's not > needed. And with it the glsl link time dependency. As long as it works. > >> 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. > > > I had no idea and things started exploding rather badly quite quick > when I gave it a try. > > -Emil