[Mesa-stable] [Mesa-dev] [PATCH 1/2] docs/llvmpipe.html: Add ppc64le as alternative architecture to x86.

Matt Turner mattst88 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 27 20:05:47 UTC 2017


On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Ben Crocker <bcrocker at redhat.com> wrote:
> Power8, Power8NV, and Power9 are supported on an equal footing
> with X86.
>
> Cc: "17.2" "17.3" <mesa-stable at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Crocker <bcrocker at redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/llvmpipe.html | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/llvmpipe.html b/docs/llvmpipe.html
> index 12dccb5eae..5f93c0b807 100644
> --- a/docs/llvmpipe.html
> +++ b/docs/llvmpipe.html
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
>  The Gallium llvmpipe driver is a software rasterizer that uses LLVM to
>  do runtime code generation.
>  Shaders, point/line/triangle rasterization and vertex processing are
> -implemented with LLVM IR which is translated to x86 or x86-64 machine
> +implemented with LLVM IR which is translated to x86, x86-64, or ppc64le machine
>  code.
>  Also, the driver is multithreaded to take advantage of multiple CPU cores
>  (up to 8 at this time).
> @@ -32,18 +32,30 @@ It's the fastest software rasterizer for Mesa.
>
>  <ul>
>  <li>
> -   <p>An x86 or amd64 processor; 64-bit mode recommended.</p>
> +   <p>For x86 or amd64 processors, 64-bit mode is recommended.</p>
>     <p>
>     Support for SSE2 is strongly encouraged.  Support for SSE3 and SSE4.1 will
>     yield the most efficient code.  The fewer features the CPU has the more
> -   likely is that you run into underperforming, buggy, or incomplete code.
> +   likely it is that you will run into underperforming, buggy, or incomplete code.
>     </p>
> +</li>
> +<li>
> +   <p>
> +     For ppc64le processors, use of Altivec (the Vector Facility)
> +     is recommended if Altivec is supported.
> +   <p>
> +   </p>

Someone can fix-up on commit -- the <p> and </p> are reversed here.


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