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[Timo Aaltonen <2111265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

- This is needed for some AMD platforms.
+ [Impact]
+ 
+ This is needed for some new AMD RDNA4 platforms that require the newer
+ llvm for runtime shader compilation.
+ 
+ [Test case]
+ 
+ Check that drivers that require llvm still work, including swrast
+ (llvmpipe), radeonsi.
+ 
+ [Where things could go wrong]
+ 
+ The new llvm version might result in buggy behaviour with the
+ swrast/radeonsi drivers, but the llvm version we have in plucky has
+ already received some bugfixes and has been tested to be good by AMD.

** Also affects: mesa (Ubuntu Plucky)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mesa (Ubuntu Noble)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  
  This is needed for some new AMD RDNA4 platforms that require the newer
  llvm for runtime shader compilation.
+ 
+ Skipping oracular, as it is going to be EOL soon.
  
  [Test case]
  
  Check that drivers that require llvm still work, including swrast
  (llvmpipe), radeonsi.
  
  [Where things could go wrong]
  
  The new llvm version might result in buggy behaviour with the
  swrast/radeonsi drivers, but the llvm version we have in plucky has
  already received some bugfixes and has been tested to be good by AMD.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2111265

Title:
  migrate to llvm 20.1.3 or newer

Status in mesa package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in mesa source package in Noble:
  New
Status in mesa source package in Plucky:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  This is needed for some new AMD RDNA4 platforms that require the newer
  llvm for runtime shader compilation.

  Skipping oracular, as it is going to be EOL soon.

  [Test case]

  Check that drivers that require llvm still work, including swrast
  (llvmpipe), radeonsi.

  [Where things could go wrong]

  The new llvm version might result in buggy behaviour with the
  swrast/radeonsi drivers, but the llvm version we have in plucky has
  already received some bugfixes and has been tested to be good by AMD.

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