Marek Olšák's 19 Latest Patches Further Optimizing RADV & ACO

Marek Olšák, formerly of AMD and now with Valve's Linux graphics driver team, has landed another set of 19 patches optimizing the RADV Vulkan driver and ACO shader compiler. The changes focus on improving pixel shader throughput by eliminating unnecessary depth, stencil, and sample mask outputs, in some rare cases potentially doubling performance. The patches also fix alpha-to-coverage performance on GFX11/RDNA3 and newer hardware, benefiting DXVK and VKD3D. The work is merged via a Mesa merge request and slated to land in Mesa 26.3, expected for stable debut in Q4.

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