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47ec681f3SmrgOpenSWR has a number of environment variables which control its
57ec681f3Smrgoperation, in addition to the normal Mesa and gallium controls.
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77ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_ENABLE_ASSERT_DIALOGS <bool> (true)
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97ec681f3SmrgUse dialogs when asserts fire. Asserts are only enabled in debug builds
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117ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_SINGLE_THREADED <bool> (false)
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137ec681f3SmrgIf enabled will perform all rendering on the API thread. This is useful mainly for debugging purposes.
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157ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_DUMP_SHADER_IR <bool> (false)
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177ec681f3SmrgDumps shader LLVM IR at various stages of jit compilation.
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197ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_USE_GENERIC_STORETILE <bool> (false)
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217ec681f3SmrgAlways use generic function for performing StoreTile. Will be slightly slower than using optimized (jitted) path
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237ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_FAST_CLEAR <bool> (true)
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257ec681f3SmrgReplace 3D primitive execute with a SWRClearRT operation and defer clear execution to first backend op on hottile, or hottile store
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277ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_NUMA_NODES <uint32_t> (0)
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297ec681f3SmrgMaximum # of NUMA-nodes per system used for worker threads   0 == ALL NUMA-nodes in the system   N == Use at most N NUMA-nodes for rendering
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317ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_CORES_PER_NUMA_NODE <uint32_t> (0)
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337ec681f3SmrgMaximum # of cores per NUMA-node used for worker threads.   0 == ALL non-API thread cores per NUMA-node   N == Use at most N cores per NUMA-node
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357ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_THREADS_PER_CORE <uint32_t> (1)
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377ec681f3SmrgMaximum # of (hyper)threads per physical core used for worker threads.   0 == ALL hyper-threads per core   N == Use at most N hyper-threads per physical core
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397ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_WORKER_THREADS <uint32_t> (0)
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417ec681f3SmrgMaximum worker threads to spawn.  IMPORTANT: If this is non-zero, no worker threads will be bound to specific HW threads.  They will all be "floating" SW threads. In this case, the above 3 KNOBS will be ignored.
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437ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_BUCKETS_START_FRAME <uint32_t> (1200)
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457ec681f3SmrgFrame from when to start saving buckets data.  NOTE: KNOB_ENABLE_RDTSC must be enabled in core/knobs.h for this to have an effect.
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477ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_BUCKETS_END_FRAME <uint32_t> (1400)
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497ec681f3SmrgFrame at which to stop saving buckets data.  NOTE: KNOB_ENABLE_RDTSC must be enabled in core/knobs.h for this to have an effect.
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517ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_WORKER_SPIN_LOOP_COUNT <uint32_t> (5000)
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537ec681f3SmrgNumber of spin-loop iterations worker threads will perform before going to sleep when waiting for work
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557ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_DRAWS_IN_FLIGHT <uint32_t> (160)
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577ec681f3SmrgMaximum number of draws outstanding before API thread blocks.
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597ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_PRIMS_PER_DRAW <uint32_t> (2040)
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617ec681f3SmrgMaximum primitives in a single Draw(). Larger primitives are split into smaller Draw calls. Should be a multiple of (3 * vectorWidth).
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637ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_TESS_PRIMS_PER_DRAW <uint32_t> (16)
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657ec681f3SmrgMaximum primitives in a single Draw() with tessellation enabled. Larger primitives are split into smaller Draw calls. Should be a multiple of (vectorWidth).
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677ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_FRAC_ODD_TESS_FACTOR <float> (63.0f)
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697ec681f3Smrg(DEBUG) Maximum tessellation factor for fractional-odd partitioning.
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717ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_FRAC_EVEN_TESS_FACTOR <float> (64.0f)
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737ec681f3Smrg(DEBUG) Maximum tessellation factor for fractional-even partitioning.
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757ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_MAX_INTEGER_TESS_FACTOR <uint32_t> (64)
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777ec681f3Smrg(DEBUG) Maximum tessellation factor for integer partitioning.
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797ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_BUCKETS_ENABLE_THREADVIZ <bool> (false)
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817ec681f3SmrgEnable threadviz output.
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837ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_DRAW <bool> (false)
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857ec681f3SmrgDisable per-draw/dispatch execution
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877ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_QUEUE_FE <bool> (false)
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897ec681f3SmrgStop per-draw execution at worker FE  NOTE: Requires KNOB_ENABLE_TOSS_POINTS to be enabled in core/knobs.h
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917ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_FETCH <bool> (false)
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937ec681f3SmrgStop per-draw execution at vertex fetch  NOTE: Requires KNOB_ENABLE_TOSS_POINTS to be enabled in core/knobs.h
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957ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_IA <bool> (false)
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977ec681f3SmrgStop per-draw execution at input assembler  NOTE: Requires KNOB_ENABLE_TOSS_POINTS to be enabled in core/knobs.h
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997ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_VS <bool> (false)
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1017ec681f3SmrgStop per-draw execution at vertex shader  NOTE: Requires KNOB_ENABLE_TOSS_POINTS to be enabled in core/knobs.h
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1037ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_SETUP_TRIS <bool> (false)
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1057ec681f3SmrgStop per-draw execution at primitive setup  NOTE: Requires KNOB_ENABLE_TOSS_POINTS to be enabled in core/knobs.h
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1077ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_BIN_TRIS <bool> (false)
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1097ec681f3SmrgStop per-draw execution at primitive binning  NOTE: Requires KNOB_ENABLE_TOSS_POINTS to be enabled in core/knobs.h
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1117ec681f3Smrg.. envvar:: KNOB_TOSS_RS <bool> (false)
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1137ec681f3SmrgStop per-draw execution at rasterizer  NOTE: Requires KNOB_ENABLE_TOSS_POINTS to be enabled in core/knobs.h
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