panfrost: Update MALI_EARLY_Z description

Via the ES3.1 early-z testing force, I've confirmed this bit is e-z.
I've also confirmed e-z must be disabled for global writes, as expected.

Signed-off-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa.rosenzweig@collabora.com>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/5300>

diff --git a/src/panfrost/include/panfrost-job.h b/src/panfrost/include/panfrost-job.h
index 0008bb18015518e1af991cb549a3c684ceea96a7..66db429e3b9f99c18e493a4b0c809c6a1169415f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/panfrost/include/panfrost-job.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/include/panfrost-job.h
@@ -390,11 +390,11 @@ enum mali_format {
 /* Should be set when the fragment shader updates the depth value. */
 #define MALI_WRITES_Z (1 << 4)
 
-/* Should the hardware perform early-Z testing? Normally should be set
- * for performance reasons. Clear if you use: discard,
- * alpha-to-coverage... * It's also possible this disables
- * forward-pixel kill; we're not quite sure which bit is which yet.
- * TODO: How does this interact with blending?*/
+/* Should the hardware perform early-Z testing? Set if the shader does not use
+ * discard, alpha-to-coverage, shader depth writes, and if the shader has no
+ * side effects (writes to global memory or images) unless early-z testing is
+ * forced in the shader.
+ */
 
 #define MALI_EARLY_Z (1 << 6)