On 2002.03.06 09:02 Leif Delgass wrote:
> It sounds like a good idea to me.  The thought had crossed my mind while
> continuously recompiling to switch between checking performance/running
> at
> full speed and seeing debug output.
> 

I agree too.

> btw, I added culling back on the mach64-0-0-3-branch by basically copying
> the Mesa software culling code (as Keith suggested) into the state update
> function tied to Driver.CullFace and Driver.FontFace and I can see the
> improvement in the glxgears numbers, which are back to about where they
> were with the old branch now.
> 
> On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Keith Whitwell wrote:
> 
> > The mach64 people may find this a useful thing to do on their driver:
> >
> > I've just recently done what John C. had always said we should be
> doing:  Keep
> > the debug 'printfs' compiled in all the time and be able to switch them
> on/off
> > from the command line.  This has been a huge help both tracking down
> bugs and
> > also optimizing for new applications (eg the viewperf tests).
> >
> > On the tcl branch, I can turn mesa debug flags on like this:
> >
> > MESA_DEBUG=api,texture ./gears
> >
> > this will set MESA_VERBOSE to (MESA_VERBOSE_API|MESA_VERBOSE_TEXTURE)
> >
> > Similarly,
> >
> > RADEON_DEBUG=fallbacks,ioctls ./gears
> >
> > will set RADEON_DEBUG to (DEBUG_FALLBACKS|DEBUG_IOCTLS)
> >
> > The performance penalty for keeping the printfs compiled in seems
> insigificant
> > so far...
> >
> > Keith
> >
> 
> --
> Leif Delgass
> http://www.retinalburn.net
> 
> 

Jos� Fonseca

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