[Mesa-dev] [RFC PATCH 1/1] st/dri: add a new driconf option override_glsl_version for ARK games

Samuel Pitoiset samuel.pitoiset at gmail.com
Sun Feb 5 13:13:20 UTC 2017



On 02/03/2017 07:24 PM, Jason Ekstrand wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Samuel Pitoiset
> <samuel.pitoiset at gmail.com <mailto:samuel.pitoiset at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     This is similar to the MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE envvar (mainly
>     for developers). But this one has the advantage to be configured
>     for specific apps which require a context with an explicit version.
>
>     For example, when an app requires a 3.2 core context, RadeonSI
>     will return a 4.5 context but this might fail (eg. ARK games).
>
>
> Why is returning a 4.5 context a problem?  It's supposed to be
> more-or-less backwards compatible.
>
> I'm also a bit concerned about making this driconf option be global
> across drivers without it being just a maximum.  Suppose someone sets it
> to 4.3 for some app that doesn't like 4.5.  What happens if they try to
> run that app on hardware that doesn't support 4.3?  Do they get a 4.3
> context that just doesn't work?

I think the best approach would be to return the context requested by 
the app. If it's 3.2 we should return a 3.2 context, not a 4.5. But the 
spec is a bit unclear about that...

>
>
>     No need to add both "ARK: Survival Evolved" and "ARK: Survival
>     Of The Fittest" because the executable name is the same.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Samuel Pitoiset <samuel.pitoiset at gmail.com
>     <mailto:samuel.pitoiset at gmail.com>>
>     ---
>      src/gallium/include/state_tracker/st_api.h      | 1 +
>      src/gallium/state_trackers/dri/dri_screen.c     | 3 +++
>      src/gallium/state_trackers/osmesa/osmesa.c      | 1 +
>      src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc               | 4 ++++
>      src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/t_options.h | 5 +++++
>      src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c         | 3 +++
>      src/mesa/state_tracker/st_extensions.c          | 3 +++
>      7 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
>     diff --git a/src/gallium/include/state_tracker/st_api.h
>     b/src/gallium/include/state_tracker/st_api.h
>     index a2e37d2e48..e0a73d74ad 100644
>     --- a/src/gallium/include/state_tracker/st_api.h
>     +++ b/src/gallium/include/state_tracker/st_api.h
>     @@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ struct st_config_options
>         boolean force_s3tc_enable;
>         boolean allow_glsl_extension_directive_midshader;
>         boolean glsl_zero_init;
>     +   unsigned override_glsl_version;
>      };
>
>      /**
>     diff --git a/src/gallium/state_trackers/dri/dri_screen.c
>     b/src/gallium/state_trackers/dri/dri_screen.c
>     index a950f5241d..a1fa0a3be3 100644
>     --- a/src/gallium/state_trackers/dri/dri_screen.c
>     +++ b/src/gallium/state_trackers/dri/dri_screen.c
>     @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ const __DRIconfigOptionsExtension
>     gallium_config_options = {
>               DRI_CONF_DISABLE_SHADER_BIT_ENCODING("false")
>               DRI_CONF_FORCE_GLSL_VERSION(0)
>               DRI_CONF_ALLOW_GLSL_EXTENSION_DIRECTIVE_MIDSHADER("false")
>     +         DRI_CONF_OVERRIDE_GLSL_VERSION(0)
>            DRI_CONF_SECTION_END
>
>            DRI_CONF_SECTION_MISCELLANEOUS
>     @@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ dri_fill_st_options(struct st_config_options
>     *options,
>         options->allow_glsl_extension_directive_midshader =
>            driQueryOptionb(optionCache,
>     "allow_glsl_extension_directive_midshader");
>         options->glsl_zero_init = driQueryOptionb(optionCache,
>     "glsl_zero_init");
>     +   options->override_glsl_version =
>     +      driQueryOptioni(optionCache, "override_glsl_version");
>      }
>
>      static const __DRIconfig **
>     diff --git a/src/gallium/state_trackers/osmesa/osmesa.c
>     b/src/gallium/state_trackers/osmesa/osmesa.c
>     index 18f1b88128..8102be14ed 100644
>     --- a/src/gallium/state_trackers/osmesa/osmesa.c
>     +++ b/src/gallium/state_trackers/osmesa/osmesa.c
>     @@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ OSMesaCreateContextAttribs(const int
>     *attribList, OSMesaContext sharelist)
>         attribs.options.disable_shader_bit_encoding = FALSE;
>         attribs.options.force_s3tc_enable = FALSE;
>         attribs.options.force_glsl_version = 0;
>     +   attribs.options.override_glsl_version = 0;
>
>         osmesa_init_st_visual(&attribs.visual,
>                               PIPE_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
>     diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
>     b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
>     index 20fd8123e4..52c121a064 100644
>     --- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
>     +++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
>     @@ -104,5 +104,9 @@ TODO: document the other workarounds.
>              <application name="Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition"
>     executable="EoCApp">
>                  <option name="allow_glsl_extension_directive_midshader"
>     value="true" />
>              </application>
>     +
>     +        <application name="ARK: Survival Evolved"
>     executable="ShooterGame">
>     +            <option name="override_glsl_version" value="320" />
>     +        </application>
>          </device>
>      </driconf>
>     diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/t_options.h
>     b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/t_options.h
>     index a189bbedec..fb9ecbe3e7 100644
>     --- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/t_options.h
>     +++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/xmlpool/t_options.h
>     @@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ DRI_CONF_OPT_BEGIN_V(force_glsl_version, int,
>     def, "0:999") \
>              DRI_CONF_DESC(en,gettext("Force a default GLSL version for
>     shaders that lack an explicit #version line")) \
>      DRI_CONF_OPT_END
>
>     +#define DRI_CONF_OVERRIDE_GLSL_VERSION(def) \
>     +DRI_CONF_OPT_BEGIN_V(override_glsl_version, int, def, "0:999") \
>     +        DRI_CONF_DESC(en,gettext("Override the GLSL version for
>     apps that require an explicit version")) \
>     +DRI_CONF_OPT_END
>     +
>      #define DRI_CONF_ALLOW_GLSL_EXTENSION_DIRECTIVE_MIDSHADER(def) \
>      DRI_CONF_OPT_BEGIN_B(allow_glsl_extension_directive_midshader, def) \
>              DRI_CONF_DESC(en,gettext("Allow GLSL #extension directives
>     in the middle of shaders")) \
>     diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
>     b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
>     index 7240b1f445..373985ceb8 100644
>     --- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
>     +++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
>     @@ -910,6 +910,9 @@ brw_process_driconf_options(struct brw_context *brw)
>         ctx->Const.ForceGLSLVersion =
>            driQueryOptioni(options, "force_glsl_version");
>
>     +   ctx->Const.GLSLVersion =
>     +      driQueryOptioni(options, "override_glsl_version");
>     +
>         ctx->Const.DisableGLSLLineContinuations =
>            driQueryOptionb(options, "disable_glsl_line_continuations");
>
>     diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_extensions.c
>     b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_extensions.c
>     index 293814e3ae..d534e8e5dc 100644
>     --- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_extensions.c
>     +++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_extensions.c
>     @@ -874,6 +874,9 @@ void st_init_extensions(struct pipe_screen *screen,
>
>         _mesa_override_glsl_version(consts);
>
>     +   if (options->override_glsl_version > 0)
>     +      consts->GLSLVersion = options->override_glsl_version;
>     +
>         if (options->force_glsl_version > 0 &&
>             options->force_glsl_version <= consts->GLSLVersion) {
>            consts->ForceGLSLVersion = options->force_glsl_version;
>     --
>     2.11.0
>
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