When is llvmpipe going to replace the mesa software rasterzier in openSUSE?

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llvmpipe

The Gallium llvmpipe driver is a software rasterizer that uses LLVM to do runtime code generation. Shaders, point/line/triangle rasterization and vertex processing are implemented with LLVM IR which is translated to x86 or x86-64 machine code. Also, the driver is multithreaded to take advantage of multiple CPU cores (up to 8 at this time). It’s the fastest software rasterizer for Mesa.

This may be useful as it supports GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
[Phoronix] GLX TFP Now Works For LLVMpipe Driver](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAwNTg)

There was a brief discussion on the mailing list here: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2011-06/msg00618.html

What do you guys think?

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Here is how to build:
DRI Wiki - BuildingWithLLVM

First build llvm from svn with clang support:
Next build mesa with llvm support:

Mesa-7.9 [still unreleased as of 17-09-2010, but already branched from master] has configure switch for autoconf-based build system:

--enable-gallium-llvm
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Got it to build and sent it to X11:XOrg / Mesa

Request is here:
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/90506

After it gets accepted it needs testing. Here:
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=Mesa&project=X11%3AXOrg