[LLVMdev] Xilinx zynq-7000 (7030) as a Gallium3D LLVM FPGA target

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Nick Lewycky <nicholas at mxc.ca> wrote:

>>  i assumed that it would be possible to push other sections of the
>> gallium3d code through the LLVM wringer (so to speak).  not just the
>> shader program.  i've seen papers for example - someone won 3rd prize
>> from a competition by xilinx, he was a Seoul University student,
>> managed to implement parts of OpenGL ES 1.1 in an FPGA, by porting
>> MesaGL to it.  got fair performance, too.  i always wondered what
>> happened to his code, and if he would be required to comply with the
>> GPL / LGPL...
>
> Wow, that must've been a lot of work. This is what I was alluding to in my
> second paragraph of the previous email, except that I didn't realize someone
> had actually done it.

 http://www.altera.com/literature/dc/1.8-2005_Korea_3rd_Donga-PusanU-web.pdf

 found it.  donga not seoul, and altera not xilinx oh well :)  but
yes, probably GPL violations there *sigh* _when_ will people get with
the picture?? :)

 l.