Mesa Git Lands RadeonSI 32-bit Pointers Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Mesa Git Lands RadeonSI 32-bit Pointers Support

At the start of the new year Marek Olšák of AMD posted a set of patches for 32-bit GPU pointers in RadeonSI. That work has now landed in mainline Mesa Git...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RadeonSI-32-bit-Pointers-Lands

[cybertraveler]

Out of sheer curiosity, I'd be interested to see some benchmarks comparing Mesa OpenGL & Vulkan performance directly before and directly after applying the 32bit pointer code commits.

[marek]

Out of sheer curiosity, I'd be interested to see some benchmarks comparing Mesa OpenGL & Vulkan performance directly before and directly after applying the 32bit pointer code commits.

I think it's unlikely to make a measurable difference, but 32-bit pointers are a prerequisite for some future micro-optimizations.

[cybertraveler]

I think it's unlikely to make a measurable difference, but 32-bit pointers are a prerequisite for some future micro-optimizations.

Ah, thanks

[davidbepo]

I think it's unlikely to make a measurable difference, but 32-bit pointers are a prerequisite for some future micro-optimizations.

so more finewine to come, nice