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| author | Lucas Fryzek <lucas.fryzek@gmail.com> | 2023-05-11 10:00:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Lucas Fryzek <lucas.fryzek@gmail.com> | 2023-05-11 10:00:12 -0400 |
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diff --git a/html/notes/mesa_23_1_contributions_behind_the_scenes.html b/html/notes/mesa_23_1_contributions_behind_the_scenes.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7224b23 --- /dev/null +++ b/html/notes/mesa_23_1_contributions_behind_the_scenes.html @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +<!doctype html> + +<html class="html-note-page" lang="en"> +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + + <title>Igalia’s Mesa 23.1 Contributions - Behind the Scenes</title> + <meta name="dcterms.date" content="2023-05-11" /> + + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/style.css"> + <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/assets/favicon.svg"> + <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Fryzek Concepts" href="/feed.xml"> +</head> + +<body> + <div class="header-bar"> + <a href="/index.html"> + <img src="/assets/favicon.svg" alt="frycon logo"> + </a> + <div class="header-links"> + <a href="/now.html" class="header-link">Now</a> + <a href="/about.html" class="header-link">About</a> + <a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.social/@hazematman">Social</a> + </div> + </div> + <main> +<div class="page-title-header-container"> + <h1 class="page-title-header">Igalia’s Mesa 23.1 Contributions - +Behind the Scenes</h1> + <div class="page-info-container"> + <div class="plant-status"> + <img src="/assets/budding.svg"> + <div class="plant-status-text"> + <p>budding</p> + </div> + </div> + <div class="page-info-date-container"> + <p class="page-info-date">Published: 2023-05-11</p> + <p class="page-info-date">Last Edited: 2023-05-11</p> + </div> + </div> + </div> +<div class="note-divider"></div> +<div class="main-container"> + <div class="note-body"> +<p>It’s an exciting time for Mesa as its next major release is unveiled +this week. Igalia has played an important role in this milestone, with +Eric Engestrom managing the release and 11 other Igalians contributing +over 110 merge requests. A sample of these contributions are detailed +below.</p> +<h2 id="radv-implement-vk.check_status">radv: Implement +vk.check_status</h2> +<p>As part of an effort to enhance the reliability of GPU resets on +amdgpu, Tony implemented a GPU reset notification feature in the RADV +Vulkan driver. This new function improves the robustness of the RADV +driver. The driver can now check if the GPU has been reset by a +userspace application, allowing the driver to recover their contexts, +exit, or engage in some other appropriate action.</p> +<p>You can read more about Tony’s changes in the link below</p> +<ul> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22253">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22253</a></li> +</ul> +<h2 id="turnip-kgsl-backend-rewrite">turnip: KGSL backend rewrite</h2> +<p>With a goal of improving feature parity of the KGSL kernel mode +driver with its drm counterpart, Mark has been rewriting the backend for +KGSL. These changes leverage the new, common backend Vulkan +infrastructure inside Mesa and fix multiple bugs. In addition, they +introduce support for importing/exporting sync FDs, pre-signalled +fences, and timeline semaphore support.</p> +<p>If you’re interested in taking a deeper dive into Mark’s changes, you +can read the following MR:</p> +<ul> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21651">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21651</a></li> +</ul> +<h2 id="turnip-a7xx-preparation-transition-to-c">turnip: a7xx +preparation, transition to C++</h2> +<p>Danylo has adopted a significant role for two major changes inside +turnip: 1)contributing to the effort to migrate turnip to C++ and +2)supporting the next generation a7xx Adreno GPUs from Qualcomm. A more +detailed overview of Danylo’s changes can be found in the linked MRs +below:</p> +<ul> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21931">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21931</a></li> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22148">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22148</a></li> +</ul> +<h2 id="v3dv3dv-various-fixes-cts-conformance">v3d/v3dv various fixes +& CTS conformance</h2> +<p>Igalia maintains the v3d OpenGL driver and v3dv Vulkan drive for +broadcom videocore GPUs which can be found on devices such as the +Raspberry Pi. Iago, Alex and Juan have combined their expertise to +implement multiple fixes for both the v3d gallium driver and the v3dv +vulkan driver on the Raspberry Pi. These changes include CPU performance +optimizations, support for 16-bit floating point vertex attributes, and +raising support in the driver to OpenGL 3.1 level functionality. This +Igalian trio has also been addressing fixes for conformance issues +raised in the Vulkan 1.3.5 conformance test suite (CTS).</p> +<p>You can dive into some of their Raspberry Pi driver changes here:</p> +<ul> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22131">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22131</a></li> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21361">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21361</a></li> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/20787">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/20787</a></li> +</ul> +<h2 id="ci-build-system-and-cleanup">ci, build system, and cleanup</h2> +<p>In addition to managing the 23.1 release, Eric has also implemented +many fixes in Mesa’s infrastructure. He has assisted with addressing a +number of CI issues within Mesa on various drivers from v3d to panfrost. +Eric also dedicated part of his time to general clean-up of the Mesa +code (e.g. removing duplicate functions, fixing and improving the +meson-based build system, and removing dead code).</p> +<p>If you’re interested in seeing some of his work, check out some of +the MRs below:</p> +<ul> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22410">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/22410</a></li> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21504">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21504</a></li> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21558">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/21558</a></li> +<li><a +href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/20180">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/20180</a></li> +</ul> + </div> +</div> </main> +</body> +</html> |