[Mesa-dev] r600g shader optimization

[Vadim Girlin]

On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 10:49 -0400, Tom Stellard wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 10:14 -0400, Vadim Girlin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Recently I've been working on the shader optimization for r600g, and now
> > I have the initial working implementation of simple alu scheduler and
> > register allocator. It has no piglit regressions, though it's still a
> > work in progress and there are known issues with some applications.
> > 
> > I've pushed the working branch to github:
> > https://github.com/VadimGirlin/mesa/tree/r600_shader_opt
> 
> Hi Vadim,
> 
> What's the current status of this branch?  Is there anything in there
> that is stable and ready to merge?
> 

I think it's not ready yet. I'm still working on the features such as
barrier bit usage for parallel execution of the alu and fetch
instructions. Experiments with some relatively simple algorithms for
this doesn't show any benefits, so I'm thinking about rewriting the
scheduler to use more complex approach. So far simple unification of
the fetch instructions to minimize mixing of the different clause types
(without using barrier bit for parallel execution) gives the best
result for me (this is already implemented in my branch, though it
might need still uncommitted patch to reduce register pressure in some
cases).

Also there are regressions with some applications. Currently I'm mostly
working on the new features, but probably at least all known issues
should be fixed before trying to merge it. And finally it will need the
cleanup and coding style fixes.

Vadim


> -Tom
> 
> 
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