Re: How to get patch accepted into trunk?

[Ian R. <id...@us...>]

Ronny V. Vindenes wrote:

> tir, 24,.08.2004 kl. 16.08 +0100, skrev Keith Whitwell:
> 
>>Has anyone had a chance to try out Philipp's changes?  I haven't & don't want 
>>to break the driver by commiting them without a little testing of my own.
> 
> I haven't tested it yet either, but it struck me that if we're going to
> add support for "non-essential" software-only extensions then we
> probably should add a driconf option to enable/disable such extensions
> since their existence can affect which code paths clients take?

I think this is a good idea for vertex programs *for now*.  Once we 
actually generate machine code that runs well from the vertex programs, 
the vertex programs should be enabled by default in all drivers.  We're 
just in a funky situation right now where vertex program performance is 
much worse than regular software TCL performance.

Of course, once we get to that point, I think we should get the existing 
TCL paths and run everything as a vertex program.  I guess we can cross 
(and debate) that bridge when we come to it...