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authorKarol Herbst <[email protected]>2017-06-23 20:30:25 +0200
committerIlia Mirkin <[email protected]>2017-07-21 23:45:18 -0400
commitc5cbb9a54345319d3924f9c7d0572fcc4739c516 (patch)
treea7713169c78d5e2455c3a907f16403d68508301f /src/gallium
parent4611343bcc05c75bcc9697243dabbb083f7078de (diff)
gallium/docs: add precise instruction modifier
v4: add comment about intermediate rounding step to MAD Signed-off-by: Karol Herbst <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Nicolai Hähnle <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Roland Scheidegger <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/src/gallium/docs/source/tgsi.rst b/src/gallium/docs/source/tgsi.rst
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--- a/src/gallium/docs/source/tgsi.rst
+++ b/src/gallium/docs/source/tgsi.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ each of the components of *dst*. When this happens, the result is said to be
Modifiers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-TGSI supports modifiers on inputs (as well as saturate modifier on instructions).
+TGSI supports modifiers on inputs (as well as saturate and precise modifier
+on instructions).
+
+For arithmetic instruction having a precise modifier certain optimizations
+which may alter the result are disallowed. Example: *add(mul(a,b),c)* can't be
+optimized to TGSI_OPCODE_MAD, because some hardware only supports the fused
+MAD instruction.
For inputs which have a floating point type, both absolute value and
negation modifiers are supported (with absolute value being applied
@@ -237,6 +243,9 @@ This instruction replicates its result.
.. opcode:: MAD - Multiply And Add
+Perform a * b + c. The implementation is free to decide whether there is an
+intermediate rounding step or not.
+
.. math::
dst.x = src0.x \times src1.x + src2.x