[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 0/8] LLVM requirement for drivers using draw

[Marek Olšák]

They still have to ship LLVM to have GCN support. Or do they simply not
ship radeonsi?

Marek

On Jan 26, 2017 7:30 PM, "Emil Velikov" <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here's a few small fixes/functionality improvements when dealing with
> LLVM.
>
> Most notably the series adds "LLVM" string [when applicable] to the
> .get_name()
> callback for drivers that use draw.
>
> Thus developer can respond accordingly - be that "rebuild with LLVM or
> enjoy the bad performance" or otherwise to reports.
>
> We can go a step further and make both(?) configure and the callback
> produce more nagging message along the lines of "built w/o LLVM expect bad
> performance", if people prefer.
>
> With this in mind we can drop the LLVM requirement, which some
> builders/distros explicitly patch out.
>
> Let's be nice to each other and not force it onto them.
>
> What do you guys think ?
> Emil
>
> Emil Velikov (8):
>   virgl: remove unused draw_context.h include
>   llvmpipe: use draw_get_option_use_llvm() instead of open coding it
>   softpipe: set softpipe_screen::use_llvm when draw is build with LLVM
>   softpipe: let .get_name() append LLVM if built with LLVM
>   i915g: use draw_get_option_use_llvm() instead of open coding it
>   i915g: let .get_name() append LLVM if built with LLVM
>   r300: let .get_name() append LLVM if built with LLVM
>   nouveau: let .get_name() append LLVM if built with LLVM
>
>  src/gallium/drivers/i915/i915_screen.c       |  9 +++++++--
>  src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_screen.c     |  4 ++--
>  src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nouveau_screen.c |  7 ++++++-
>  src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_screen.c       | 10 +++++++++-
>  src/gallium/drivers/softpipe/sp_screen.c     |  6 ++++++
>  src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c     |  1 -
>  6 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
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