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+XXX this could be converted/formatted for Sphinx someday.
+XXX do not use tabs in this file.
+
+
+
+ position ]
+ primary/secondary colors ]
+ generics (normals, ]
+ texcoords, fog) ] User vertices / arrays
+ point size ]
+ edge flag ]
+ primitive ID } System-generated values
+ vertex ID }
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +-------------------+
+ | Vertex shader |
+ +-------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ position
+ clip distance
+ generics
+ front/back & primary/secondary colors
+ point size
+ edge flag
+ primitive ID
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +------------------------+
+ | Geometry shader |
+ | (consume vertex ID) |
+ | (may change prim type) |
+ +------------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ [...]
+ fb layer
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +--------------------------+
+ | Clipper |
+ | (consume clip distances) |
+ +--------------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +-------------------+
+ | Polygon Culling |
+ +-------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +-----------------------+
+ | Choose front or |
+ | back face color |
+ | (consume other color) |
+ +-----------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ [...]
+ primary/secondary colors only
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +-------------------+
+ | Polygon Offset |
+ +-------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +----------------------+
+ | Unfilled polygons |
+ | (consume edge flags) |
+ | (change prim type) |
+ +----------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ position
+ generics
+ primary/secondary colors
+ point size
+ primitive ID
+ fb layer
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +---------------------------------+
+ | Optional Draw module helpers |
+ | * Polygon Stipple |
+ | * Line Stipple |
+ | * Line AA/smooth (as tris) |
+ | * Wide lines (as tris) |
+ | * Wide points/sprites (as tris) |
+ | * Point AA/smooth (as tris) |
+ | (NOTE: these stages may emit |
+ | new/extra generic attributes |
+ | such as texcoords) |
+ +---------------------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ position ]
+ generics (+ new/extra ones) ]
+ primary/secondary colors ] Software rast vertices
+ point size ]
+ primitive ID ]
+ fb layer ]
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +---------------------+
+ | Triangle/Line/Point |
+ | Rasterization |
+ +---------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ generic attribs
+ primary/secondary colors
+ primitive ID
+ fragment win coord pos } System-generated values
+ front/back face flag }
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ +-------------------+
+ | Fragment shader |
+ +-------------------+
+ | | |
+ V V V
+ zero or more colors
+ zero or one Z value
+
+
+NOTE: The instance ID is not shown. It can be imagined to be a global variable
+accessible to all shader stages.