Mesa 22.2 Lands The Big Removal Of Old GLSL-To-TGSI Path, Now Always Going Through NIR

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Mesa 22.2 Lands The Big Removal Of Old GLSL-To-TGSI Path, Now Always Going Through NIR

Emma Anholt's perseverance the past year has paid off in freeing Mesa of the "glsl_to_tgsi" function with now all Mesa drivers going the route of from GLSL to the NIR intermediate representation. For Mesa drivers lacking native NIR consumption, there is then the NIR-to-TGSI path for going back to that traditional Gallium3D IR...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mesa-22.2-NIR-Always

[QwertyChouskie]

Always nice to see old drivers modernized, rather than support being dropped like on other OSes.

[schmidtbag]

Good work, Emma. I'm sure it's a relief to get that over with.

[CochainComplex]

The mesa project is a stellar example of open source where industrial interests and community interest are getting treated in a fair manner such that almost everyone got satisfied.

[Dovi]

This is amazing! Kudos to Emma!

[Eirikr1848]

All hail Emma! Overlord of the Mesa, Dominus of the Shaders! Long may NIR reign!