[Development] GLSL Optimizer

[Christian Gagneraud]

On 02/03/2014 10:17 PM, Sean Harmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sunday 02 February 2014 17:09:24 Michal Lazo wrote:
>> Hi
>> I found pretty nice article about shaders optimization in arm GPU drivers
>>
>> For example Unity3d use it in there shaders compiler
>> http://aras-p.info/blog/2010/09/29/glsl-optimizer/
>>
>> https://github.com/aras-p/glsl-optimizer
>> https://github.com/stskeeps/glsl-optimizer
>>
>>
>> As it is really easy to add it to Qt OpenGL module.
>> Many people simple don't write really optimised shaders and this can help.
>
> Looks interesting. If you'd like to submit a patch please add me as reviewer.
> In any case this should be an optional step as we've had a few cases where
> some embedded drivers mis-compile/mis-optimise GLSL shaders and so we would
> not want to have this enabled for all systems I think.

HAM radio enthusiasts are after as well!:
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f134/weatherfax-97533-3.html

And this was the (windows) tip of the iceberg:
https://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/fosphor

GLSL Optimizer is important.

Chris

>
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>
> Sean
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