Faith Ekstrand

Hey, look! I wrote another compiler.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/41841

Draft: panfrost: Add a new compiler for Valhall+ (!41841) · Merge requests · Mesa / mesa · GitLab

The panfrost compiler stack is getting a little long in the tooth. It was originally written for Bifrost and then Valhall support was sort of bolted on. It...

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Show threadFaith Ekstrand2d ago
Eventually, if I write enough of these, I might actually get good at it. 😆
Show thread☃️karolherbst☃️2d ago
@gfxstrand I wonder how much hardware is without a second compiler these days...
Show threadCounterPillow2d ago
@karolherbst @gfxstrand I'm having the two compilers compete against each other and the winner gets a carrot and five extra minutes at the salt lick
Show threadzorg242d ago
@gfxstrand, just out of curiosity, can we get some details about why? Is it something like the architectures are too different to reconcile reasonably in one compiler, or is there more to it than that?
Show threadzorg242d ago
@gfxstrand regardless of the reason exciting news though!!!
Show threadFaith Ekstrand2d ago
@zorg24 I've updated the MR with more detail as to the rational.
Show threadMary 💛1d ago
@gfxstrand heck yeaaah
Show threadVal Packett 🧉1d ago

@gfxstrand woooo rust

oh wow etnaviv also already uses rust o.0??

Show threadFaith Ekstrand1d ago
@valpackett Yeah, @austriancoder has been working on that for a while now. I don’t think there’s a full compiler upstream yet but a bunch of the tooling is.
Show threadChristian Gmeiner1d ago
@gfxstrand Now you’re putting some pressure on me when it comes to naming 😅