On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Erik Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Jerome Glisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > # [HARD] Cleanup the code which really needs it. You could help by > > > looking at the code, see what's useless, and propose to erase it. > > > # [MEDIUM] Check for common stuff in the code and put it into the > > > radeon source folder. > > > # [EASY] Document the register names in r300_reg.h from what is in the > > > source, and then update r300 state. > > > # [MEDIUM] Check which files came from r200 and can be updated from > > > the code changes that happened there. > > > > > He would definitly be a good way to get started on radeon, my only concern > > is we are going to move away from this code base for r300 but any work you > > do would still be valuable in the mean time, so i wouldn't encourage you > to > > go through all the hard task especialy the last one. If you want someone > to > > mentor tell me even though i don't know how GSOC work :). > > I'm told I should apply to xorg gsoc, and the DRI wiki says Alex > Deucher would be the mentor. > > > > Also anothers things that is worth working on is : > > http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R300FragmentProgramOptimization > > > > This item can we worked out without driver, basicly take llvm, take llvm > > code out of gallium (few files) then you should be able to work on this > > separatly from the tree, i think this is best way right now to work on > > fragment program optimization. Such work would be also valuable as ground > > for r500 and r600, r700 hw support. > > > > I've been reading the r500 acceleration guide, the chapter about > fragment shaders, and I think I may be interested in this. I'll check > out gallium soon but I need to study for a physics test tomorrow as > well. Is the latest revision of that document v1.1? If not then I > may need to fetch a new one.
1.3 is the latest version, but the newer ones do not affect the section on the fragment shader. Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
