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On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 4:38 AM, Benjamin Rosseaux <benja...@rosseaux.de> wrote: > PasVulkan seems to be have better Platform Support (incl. Support for > Wayland, Mir, Android, MoltenVK, etc.) and more Vulkan Utils stuff, like > texture loaders for DDS, KTX, PNG, TGA, etc. and a own working memory > manager for manage the Vulkan memory (the reason for it, see slide 20 on > http://32ipi028l5q82yhj72224m8j.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp- > content/uploads/2016/05/Most-common-mistakes-in-Vulkan-apps.pdf with the > slide sub-title "PROBLEMATIC AREAS: MEMORY MANAGEMENT" ). > > The Vulkan memory management stuff is in very many Vulkan code examples > and Vulkan frameworks on the web often totally wrong, that there will be > often worked without sub-allocations and that the maxMemoryAllocationCount > limit is often ignored by the most Vulkan code examples and Vulkan > frameworks on the web. In contrast to it, PasVulkan is here in this point > fully Vulkan specification compliant. > > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Michalis Kamburelis via Lazarus < > lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > >> a2017-04-13 11:30 GMT+02:00 Kostas Michalopoulos via Lazarus >> <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org>: >> > This is nice, although personally i do not like the use of multiple inc >> > files. I think Benjamin Rosseaux's pasvulkan does it better with >> creating a >> > single pas file (he also uses a unit from the vk.xml file): >> > >> > https://github.com/BeRo1985/pasvulkan/blob/master/src/Vulkan.pas >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 7:32 AM, James.mcjohnson via Lazarus >> > <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> This is both an announcement and request for help for an open source >> >> FreePascal project which strives to provide: >> >> 1) a low level access to Vulkan API created directly from the vk.xml >> >> specification >> >> 2) high level wrapper classes for ease of integration in an FP/Lazarus >> >> project >> >> >> >> The project is located at >> >> https://github.com/james-mcjohnson/VulkanLibraryForFreePascal and I >> would >> >> appreciate any constructive feedback. >> >> >> >> It is my hope that a better programmer than I am will take an interest >> and >> >> help create a truly useful Vulkan Library for FreePascal. >> >> >> >> I want to add Vulkan renderer to Castle Game Engine later this year. >> Now I don't know which project to choose:) Both approaches >> (https://github.com/james-mcjohnson/VulkanLibraryForFreePascal and >> https://github.com/BeRo1985/pasvulkan ) seem very fine to me, >> >> - in both cases you generate the Pascal code automatically from vk.xml, >> - in both cases you provide a nicely-looking OOP API, >> - both projects have suitable open-source licenses (MIT or zlib). >> >> I don't mind a couple of include files, they actually include >> readability for me. (I know, it's a matter of taste -- do you prefer >> to navigate multiple smaller files, or navigate one big file.) >> >> @James, would you mind removing the "Public Service Announcement" from >> https://github.com/james-mcjohnson/VulkanLibraryForFreePasca >> l/blob/master/LICENSE.md >> ? Don't get me wrong, I understand that you want to promote your faith >> and I respect that. Having this in README files, and Pascal sources, >> is absolutely OK. But I'm not a lawyer, and I'm unsure how it affects >> the legal text of the license. Having just an "unmodified MIT license" >> would feel safer for me. >> >> Regards, >> Michalis >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Lazarus mailing list >> Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org >> http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus >> > >
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