MetalOS/deps/mesa-radv

Mesa RADV Driver

This directory will contain the Mesa RADV (AMD Vulkan driver) source code.

Overview

RADV is a userspace Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs. MetalOS uses RADV to provide Vulkan support without implementing a driver from scratch.

Source

Mesa RADV is part of the Mesa 3D Graphics Library.

Setup Instructions

# Clone Mesa repository
git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git /tmp/mesa
cd /tmp/mesa

# Checkout stable version
git checkout mesa-24.0.0

# Copy RADV driver sources to deps
# Assuming you're in the mesa source directory and MetalOS repo is in parent
cp -r src/amd/vulkan/* ../MetalOS/deps/mesa-radv/

Integration with MetalOS

MetalOS will compile RADV against a custom libradv-metal bridge that provides:

• Buffer object management
• Virtual memory (GPU page tables)
• Command submission
• Synchronization primitives

This replaces the standard Linux libdrm dependency.

License

MIT License - See Mesa source for full license text.

Version Tracking

Create a VERSION file documenting:

• Mesa version/tag (e.g., mesa-24.0.0)
• Git commit hash
• Date obtained
• Any local modifications

Status

⚠️ Not yet populated - RADV sources will be added during Phase 7 (QT6 Port)