On Monday, 2017-11-27 14:44:58 -0500, Ben Crocker wrote: > Power8, Power8NV, and Power9 are supported on an equal footing > with X86. > > Cc: "17.2" "17.3" <mesa-sta...@lists.freedesktop.org> > Signed-off-by: Ben Crocker <bcroc...@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.
Pulled the second patch, with the above two fixes as well; thanks! I don't know anything about PPC, so I'll let someone else confirm all that before pulling, but it sounds reasonable. > </p> > +</li> > +<li> Nit, but I don't think these should be different list items, but rather simply different paragraphs in the same item. > + <p> > + For ppc64le processors, use of Altivec (the Vector Facility) > + is recommended if Altivec is supported. > + <p> > + </p> These two lines need swapping as pointed out by Matt, or just removing; not every sentence needs to be its own paragraph :P > + Use of VSX, the Vector-Scalar Facility, is recommended if VSX is > supported, Here and in the previous sentence, just say "if supported" instead of repeating the name of the feature :) > + AND if LLVM version 4.0 or later is installed. > + </p> > +</li> > +<li> > <p> > See /proc/cpuinfo to know what your CPU supports. > </p> > </li> > <li> > - <p>LLVM: version 3.4 recommended; 3.3 or later required.</p> > + <p>Unless otherwise stated, LLVM version 3.4 is recommended; 3.3 or later > is required.</p> > <p> > For Linux, on a recent Debian based distribution do: > </p> > -- > 2.13.6 > _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev