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By adding this shader cache to V3D it can help with the performance of this Gallium3D open-source driver most notably used by the Raspberry Pi 4 ... Articles&Reviews NewsArchive Forums Premium Categories Computers DisplayDrivers GPUs/GraphicsCards LinuxGaming Memory Motherboards CPUs/Processors Software Storage OperatingSystems Peripherals Close Articles&Reviews NewsArchive Forums Premium Categories Computers GPUs/GraphicsCards LinuxGaming Memory Motherboards CPUs/Processors Software Storage OperatingSystems Peripherals WeRelyOnYourSupport:DidyouknowthatyoucangetPhoronixPremiumforunder$3permonth?Tryittodaytoviewoursitead-free,multi-pagearticlesonasinglepage,andmorewhiletheproceedsallowustowritemoreLinuxhardwarereviews. WrittenbyMichaelLarabelinMesaon18March2022at02:46PMEDT.7Comments It'sarguablylongoverdue,butlandingtodaywithinMesa22.1issupportintheV3DdriverforMesa'son-diskshadercachefunctionality.ByaddingthisshadercachetoV3DitcanhelpwiththeperformanceofthisGallium3Dopen-sourcedrivermostnotablyusedbytheRaspberryPi4andnewersingleboardcomputers. IgaliahaswireduptheV3Don-diskshadercachesupportforcachingcompiledshaderstodisk.Thisavoidsrecompilingshadersonsubsequentloadsforgamesandotherapplications.Thiscanspeed-upgameloadtimesandhelpintheperformancein-gameforthosethatloadtheirshadersasneeded. ThisV3DshadercacheworkissponsoredbytheRaspberryPiFoundationandworksacrossvertex/geometry/fragment/computeshaders.TheV3DVVulkandriveralreadyhadshadercachesupport. AspartofthisV3Dshadercachework,theV3D_DEBUG=cacheenvironmentvariableisalsoaddedforhelpingtoanalyzetheon-diskshadercachebehavior. MoredetailsontheMesaGitLabforthislongoverdueV3Don-diskshadercachesupport. 7Comments Tweet Mesa22.1-rc5ReleasedWithDozensOfFixesForZink,RADV&IntelVulkanDriversInitialAMDGFX11/RDNA3SupportLandsInMesa,RADVPreparesForTaskShadersImprovedVulkanProfilingSupportForRaspberryPi'sV3DVDriverMesa22.2LandsTheBigRemovalOfOldGLSL-To-TGSIPath,NowAlwaysGoingThroughNIRMesa's"Rusticl"ImplementationNowManagesToHandleDarktableOpenCLVMware'sSVGAGallium3DDriverGettingNIR'ed MichaelLarabelistheprincipalauthorofPhoronix.comandfoundedthesitein2004withafocusonenrichingtheLinuxhardwareexperience.Michaelhaswrittenmorethan20,000articlescoveringthestateofLinuxhardwaresupport,Linuxperformance,graphicsdrivers,andothertopics.MichaelisalsotheleaddeveloperofthePhoronixTestSuite,Phoromatic,andOpenBenchmarking.orgautomatedbenchmarkingsoftware.HecanbefollowedviaTwitterorcontactedviaMichaelLarabel.com. Fedora36IsATerrificReleaseEspeciallyForLinuxEnthusiasts,PowerUsersRustCodeUpdatedForTheLinuxKernel-Networking&AsyncSupportStartedAppleM1NVMeSupportSlatedForLinux5.19Systemd251-rc2ReleasedWithMoreFeaturesGCC12.1CompilerReleasedWithAVX-512FP16,BetterRISC-VSupport,MoreC++23FeaturesMIPSClaims"Best-In-ClassPerformance"WithNewRISC-VeVocoreCPUsWine7.8ReleasedWithMorePEConversion,WoW64SoundDriverSupportMicrosoftIssuesFirstProductionReleaseOfItsCBL-Mariner2.0LinuxDistribution KeychronC-Series/K-SeriesKeyboardsToBeBetterSupportedWithLinux5.19 RadeonSILandsImprovedScalingForShaderCompilerThreads OpenJPEG2.5ReleasedWithHighThroughputJPEG2000Decoding(HTJ2K) systemd251NearsReleaseWithLastPlannedTest KDELandsMorePlasmaWaylandImprovements&FixesAheadOfPlasma5.25 ConnectingIntelAlderLakeSystemsViaUSB4/ThunderboltCanBeFasterComeLinux5.19 IntelIPIVirtualizationReadyForLinux5.19 openSUSETumbleweedJumpsToTheNewly-ReleasedGCC12Compiler Ubuntu'sChromiumSnapNowAllowsEnablingNativeWaylandSupport ValveDeveloperStartsPokingAtOpen-Source"RADV"DriverSupportForGFX11/RDNA3 PhoronixPremiumallowsad-freeaccesstothesite,multi-pagearticlesonasinglepage,andotherfeatureswhilesupportingthissite'scontinuedoperations. TheInitialPerformanceOfNVIDIA'sR515Open-SourceLinuxGPUKernelDriver NVIDIATransitioningToOfficial,Open-SourceLinuxGPUKernelDriver IntelKicksOffVision2022WithHabanaGaudi2,Greco,12thGenCoreHX,IPUs AMDLaunchesTheRadeonRX6650XT/RX6750XT/RX6950XT Pop!_OS22.04BenchmarksOnTheThreadripper-PoweredSystem76ThelioMajor ThemissionatPhoronixsince2004hascenteredaroundenrichingtheLinuxhardwareexperience.Inadditiontosupportingoursitethroughadvertisements,youcanhelpbysubscribingtoPhoronixPremium.YoucanalsocontributetoPhoronixthroughaPayPaltip. OpenBenchmarking.org SupportPhoronix WhileHavingAd-FreeBrowsing, Single-PageArticleViewing Facebook Twitter LegalDisclaimer,PrivacyPolicy|Contact Copyright©2004-2022byPhoronixMedia. Alltrademarksusedarepropertiesoftheirrespectiveowners.Allrightsreserved.