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.
</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+ <p>
+ For ppc64le processors, use of Altivec (the Vector Facility)
+ is recommended if Altivec is supported.
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ Use of VSX, the Vector-Scalar Facility, is recommended if VSX is
supported,
+ 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>
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