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1848b8605Smrg<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 2848b8605Smrg<html lang="en"> 3848b8605Smrg<head> 4848b8605Smrg <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 5848b8605Smrg <title>Help Wanted</title> 6848b8605Smrg <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mesa.css"> 7848b8605Smrg</head> 8848b8605Smrg<body> 9848b8605Smrg 10848b8605Smrg<div class="header"> 11848b8605Smrg <h1>The Mesa 3D Graphics Library</h1> 12848b8605Smrg</div> 13848b8605Smrg 14848b8605Smrg<iframe src="contents.html"></iframe> 15848b8605Smrg<div class="content"> 16848b8605Smrg 17848b8605Smrg<h1>Help Wanted / To-Do List</h1> 18848b8605Smrg 19848b8605Smrg<p> 20848b8605SmrgWe can always use more help with the Mesa project. 21848b8605SmrgHere are some specific ideas and areas where help would be appreciated: 22848b8605Smrg</p> 23848b8605Smrg 24848b8605Smrg<ol> 25848b8605Smrg<li> 26848b8605Smrg<b>Driver patching and testing.</b> 27848b8605SmrgPatches are often posted to the <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev">mesa-dev mailing list</a>, but aren't 28848b8605Smrgimmediately checked into git because not enough people are testing them. 29848b8605SmrgJust applying patches, testing and reporting back is helpful. 30848b8605Smrg<li> 31848b8605Smrg<b>Driver debugging.</b> 32848b8605SmrgThere are plenty of open bugs in the <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mesa">bug database</a>. 33848b8605Smrg<li> 34848b8605Smrg<b>Remove aliasing warnings.</b> 35848b8605SmrgEnable gcc -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing and track down aliasing 36848b8605Smrgissues in the code. 37848b8605Smrg<li> 38848b8605Smrg<b>Windows driver building, testing and maintenance.</b> 39848b8605SmrgFixing MSVC builds. 40848b8605Smrg<li> 41848b8605Smrg<b>Contribute more tests to 42848b8605Smrg<a href="http://piglit.freedesktop.org/">Piglit</a>.</b> 43848b8605Smrg<li> 44848b8605Smrg<b>Automatic testing. 45848b8605Smrg</b> 46848b8605SmrgIt would be great if someone would set up an automated system for grabbing 47848b8605Smrgthe latest Mesa code and run tests (such as piglit) then report issues to 48848b8605Smrgthe mailing list. 49848b8605Smrg</ol> 50848b8605Smrg 51848b8605Smrg<p> 52848b8605SmrgYou can find some further To-do lists here: 53848b8605Smrg</p> 54848b8605Smrg 55848b8605Smrg<p> 56848b8605Smrg<b>Common To-Do lists:</b> 57848b8605Smrg</p> 58848b8605Smrg<ul> 59848b8605Smrg <li><a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/docs/GL3.txt"> 60848b8605Smrg <b>GL3.txt</b></a> - Status of OpenGL 3.x / 4.x features in Mesa.</li> 61848b8605Smrg <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/MissingFunctionality"> 62848b8605Smrg <b>MissingFunctionality</b></a> - Detailed information about missing OpenGL features.</li> 63848b8605Smrg</ul> 64848b8605Smrg 65848b8605Smrg<p> 66848b8605Smrg<b>Driver specific To-Do lists:</b> 67848b8605Smrg</p> 68848b8605Smrg<ul> 69848b8605Smrg <li><a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/src/gallium/docs/llvm-todo.txt"> 70848b8605Smrg <b>LLVMpipe</b></a> - Software driver using LLVM for runtime code generation.</li> 71848b8605Smrg <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonsiToDo"> 72848b8605Smrg <b>radeonsi</b></a> - Driver for AMD Southern Island.</li> 73848b8605Smrg <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R600ToDo"> 74848b8605Smrg <b>r600g</b></a> - Driver for ATI/AMD R600 - Northern Island.</li> 75848b8605Smrg <li><a href="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/R300ToDo"> 76848b8605Smrg <b>r300g</b></a> - Driver for ATI R300 - R500.</li> 77848b8605Smrg <li><a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/src/gallium/drivers/i915/TODO"> 78848b8605Smrg <b>i915g</b></a> - Driver for Intel i915/i945.</li> 79848b8605Smrg</ul> 80848b8605Smrg 81848b8605Smrg<p> 82848b8605SmrgIf you want to do something new in Mesa, first join the Mesa developer's 83848b8605Smrgmailing list. 84848b8605SmrgThen post a message to propose what you want to do, just to make sure 85848b8605Smrgthere's no issues. 86848b8605Smrg</p> 87848b8605Smrg 88848b8605Smrg<p> 89848b8605SmrgAnyone is welcome to contribute code to the Mesa project. 90848b8605SmrgBy doing so, it's assumed that you agree to the code's licensing terms. 91848b8605Smrg</p> 92848b8605Smrg 93848b8605Smrg<p> 94848b8605SmrgFinally: 95848b8605Smrg</p> 96848b8605Smrg 97848b8605Smrg<ol> 98848b8605Smrg<li>Try to write high-quality code that follows the existing style. 99848b8605Smrg<li>Use uniform indentation, write comments, use meaningful identifiers, etc. 100848b8605Smrg<li>Test your code thoroughly. Include test programs if appropriate. 101848b8605Smrg</ol> 102848b8605Smrg 103848b8605Smrg</div> 104848b8605Smrg</body> 105848b8605Smrg</html> 106