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Re: PATCH: Raytracing - a more pleasing way sequencing blocks to render ?

 

Hey Henner,

I merged your patch into the master and 5.1 branches.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 5/14/19 12:36 AM, Henner Zeller wrote:
> On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 13:06, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Henner,
>>
>> On 5/1/19 9:44 AM, Henner Zeller wrote:
>>> On Wed, 1 May 2019 at 06:14, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 01/05/2019 13:57, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>
>>>>> yeah the Morton code is to improve cache hits.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding the speed test, since OS are multi-tasking there could be some interference on the results so 1s difference is not a very measurable difference ( 4% ).
>>>>> A possibility would be to run the same scene multiple times and make an average of the times.
>>>>
>>>> Sure, it was just a fun observation. It does change a bit from run to
>>>> run, but I was at least expecting a small penalty. Next up, wipes[1] and
>>>> then perhaps Snake :-D
>>>>
>>>> A more robust benchmarking harness would probably be the way to go if we
>>>> really were serious about putting the pedal to the metal here.
>>>>
>>>> But I think the centre-first approach is certainly better usability, but
>>>> I'm unsure about the checkerboard.
>>>
>>> I agree, without checkerboard it makes it quicker to see what is going
>>> on in the center. Attached the (even simpler) just spiraling out from
>>> the center patch.
>>
>> I tested this patch and it works as advertised.  Would you please fix a
>> few minor coding policy issues (missing spaces after opening and before
>> closing parentheses) and resubmit it?  There is now a clang-format
>> (>=3.9) commit hook[1] that allows you to check your code formatting
>> before you commit.
> 
> Sorry for the formatting mess-up, attached you find the patch properly
> clang-tidied.
> I really like the new clang tidy script, much more seamless than the
> uncrustify stuff from the past.
> 
> Thanks,
>   Henner.
> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> [1]:
>> http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen/md_Documentation_development_coding-style-policy.html#tools
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqAu9gj_F0
>>>>
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