From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:45:15 +0000 (+0100) Subject: add amdvlk port nlnet page X-Git-Tag: convert-csv-opcode-to-binary~4000 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=89f8366bf50eaf2c9e9051a23738a2a0b804cb0a;p=libreriscv.git add amdvlk port nlnet page --- diff --git a/nlnet_2019_amdvlk_port.mdwn b/nlnet_2019_amdvlk_port.mdwn index 1d67d725d..31602684f 100644 --- a/nlnet_2019_amdvlk_port.mdwn +++ b/nlnet_2019_amdvlk_port.mdwn @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ We are aiming for a multi-stage process, starting with the basics: a straightforward upstream port of the current LLVM JIT compiler, alongside a "support" library that will call OpenCL / OpenGL functions directly on the main processor. This "effectively" - turns AMDVLK into a peer of google swiftshader (a "Software 3D Renderer"). + turns AMDVLK into a peer of google swiftshader (a "Software 3D Renderer") + which will allow us to carry out rapid testing on x86 systems before + moving on to the next stage. * The second stage is to confirm that the standard RISC-V LLVM JIT (which was recently upstreamed as of LLVM 9.0.0) is properly functional under an emulator or other RV64GC system.