Re: [Dri-devel] ppc-1-0-0-branch: call for testers

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:

> > > Well, it built, and it ran...  It enabled direct rendering with no
> > > problems.  gears gave about the same fps as it did under the ati branch,
> > > and showed all the gl extensions.  Quake3Arena ran slowly (but about the
> > > same as the ati branch), all the GL xscreensaver apps work, Descent3
> > > works but textures are a little messed up, Heavy Gear 2 works but also
> > > with messed up textures. Terminus runs beautifully, and parsec works,
> > > but with some oddities (probably texture related).
> >
> > Do they work correctly with the trunk?
> 
> D'oh...  You can't tell what broke if I don't tell you what was working
> before.  Sorry about that :-)
> 
> I usually run with code from the ati branch, and not the trunk (if I'm
> using my AIW).  However, I've found little difference in terms of speed
> between the trunk and the ati branch.  The ati branch seems a little more
> stable, though.
> 
> Anyway...  All the GL xscreensaver apps worked before.  As did Q3A.
> Descent3 worked, but I had to use the --nopackedpixels and
> --nomultitexture option to get textures working.  Those two options did
> not get working textures with the ppc branch.
> 
> HG2 worked fine before, with no texture problems.  Both Terminus and Parsec
> worked fine before, as well.

Gareth, are there changes in the ati branch which could make these
differences?


> > > Tuxracer runs fine, as does Carworld.
> >
> > Does everything look good in tuxracer? On my PowerBook, most text elements
> > are off towards the top.
> 
> I can double check when I got home from work, but I played a level or two
> and didn't notice anything last night.

Hmm. More issues to fix on PPC :-/


> > > The only downside is that UnrealTournament completely dies when starting
> > > a new level.
> >
> > Again, is it different than in the trunk? If it's worse, I have messed
> > something up :-/
> 
> Well, you have messed something up then :-)  UT runs beautifully, albeit
> slowly, with the ati branch.  UT does a lot of logging, and I'll gladly
> post the output for you if you like.

Thanks, but it won't help me as I don't have UT.


I'd like to know the differences the PPC branch has relative to the trunk,
it's possible that the ati branch has fixes which aren't in the trunk and thus
neither in the ppc branch yet.


Michel


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