Bug#605444: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: please install the llvmpipe driver
- To: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>
- Cc: 605444@bugs.debian.org, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
- Subject: Bug#605444: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: please install the llvmpipe driver
- From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:38:30 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 87vcqhib55.fsf@turtle.gmx.de>
- Reply-to: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>, 605444@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <CAOMqctRWwMRbLUBmn_+o=651ne9wVtt3_0OEyUe1xdQ-PfDLpA@mail.gmail.com> (Michal Suchanek's message of "Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:41:35 +0200")
- References: <20101129232743.18483.45012.reportbug@heretic.burning-in.hell> <20110209115509.GA28329@debian.org> <AANLkTin3ZOsi5wKKQ=rTo1rmhituVepp8W_K8Acc_WvW@mail.gmail.com> <20111021203420.GV28846@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr> <CAOMqctRWwMRbLUBmn_+o=651ne9wVtt3_0OEyUe1xdQ-PfDLpA@mail.gmail.com>
On 2011-10-22 00:41 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> On 21 October 2011 22:34, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 16:25:16 +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
>>
>>> On 9 February 2011 12:55, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > a patch against debian-unstable/7.10-3 would be appreciated.
>>> >
>>> > KiBi.
>>>
>>> It's quite simple. It affects
>>>
>>> - swrast when dri-experimental is installed
>>> - gallium based drivers - fallbacks are now llvm based (currently r300?)
>>>
>>> Note that mesa currently builds r600g but does not ship it, perhaps it
>>> could be also added to dri-experimental.
>>> I am not sure how useful the version in 7.10 is but it should improve over time.
>>>
>> Does llvmpipe / swrastg actually work on non-x86?
>>
>
> I have no idea about that.
Upstream claims in docs/llvmpipe.html that an x86 or amd64 processor is
required. Since llvm is not available on hurd-i386, it seems prudent to
restrict swrastg to {kfreebsd-,}{i386,amd64}.
Cheers,
Sven
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