[Mesa-dev] [Mesa-stable] [PATCH] [RFC] gallivm: Use new LLVM fast-math-flags API

[Emil Velikov]

On 3 March 2018 at 15:40, Marek Olšák <maraeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:38 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> On 28 February 2018 at 15:25, Alex Smith <asmith at feralinteractive.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Could this (commit 5d61fa4e68b7eb6d481a37efdbb35fdce675a6ad on master) be
>>> backported to the 17.3 branch to allow it to build with LLVM 6?
>>>
>> Normally we don't aim to support LLVM versions released after the .0
>> Mesa release is out.
>> Not that we don't want to - there is simply not enough testing happening.
>>
>> Sometimes picking the odd build fix is enough, but not always.
>>
>> As a matter of fact, the only feedback for the AMD drivers status
>> (brokenness) is the LunarG testing rig.
>>
>> Michel, usually you are usually more realistic/conservative on with
>> this kind of changes.
>
> Are you saying that I'm less realistic? :)
>
You're right - my wording was bad. I should have only said conservative.

I would love to see agreement within the AMD team - one way or another.
If the decision is to go with these kind of changes, testing will also
be appreciated.

Be that independent individuals, teams, other. Let me ask if the
Lunarg team can add LLVM version to the test matrix.

Thanks
Emil