removing D3D11, adding metal base

Includes/Pulse.h

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ typedef enum PulseBackendBits
 	PULSE_BACKEND_INVALID = PULSE_BIT(1),
 	PULSE_BACKEND_ANY = PULSE_BIT(2),
 	PULSE_BACKEND_VULKAN = PULSE_BIT(3),
-	PULSE_BACKEND_D3D11 = PULSE_BIT(4),
+	PULSE_BACKEND_METAL = PULSE_BIT(4),
 	// More to come
 } PulseBackendBits;
 typedef PulseFlags PulseBackendFlags;
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ typedef PulseFlags PulseImageUsageFlags;
 
 typedef enum PulseShaderFormatsBits
 {
-	PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_SPIRV_BIT   = PULSE_BIT(1), // Can be used by Vulkan | D3D11 backends
+	PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_SPIRV_BIT       = PULSE_BIT(1), // Can be used by Vulkan
-	PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_DXBC_BIT    = PULSE_BIT(2), // Can be used by D3D11 backend only
+	PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_MSL_BIT         = PULSE_BIT(2), // Can be used by Metal
+	PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_METALLIB_BIT    = PULSE_BIT(3), // Can be used by Metal
 	// More to come
 } PulseShaderFormatsBits;
 typedef PulseFlags PulseShaderFormatsFlags;
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ PULSE_API PulseComputePipeline PulseCreateComputePipeline(PulseDevice device, co
 PULSE_API void PulseDispatchComputePipeline(PulseComputePipeline pipeline, PulseCommandList cmd, uint32_t groupcount_x, uint32_t groupcount_y, uint32_t groupcount_z);
 PULSE_API void PulseDestroyComputePipeline(PulseDevice device, PulseComputePipeline pipeline);
 
-PULSE_API PulseErrorType PulseGetLastErrorType(); // /!\ Warning /!\ Call to this function resets the internal last error variable
+PULSE_API PulseErrorType PulseGetLastErrorType(); // Call to this function resets the internal last error variable
 PULSE_API const char* PulseVerbaliseErrorType(PulseErrorType error);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # PulseGPU
 
-Pulse is a low level GPGPU library designed for highly intensive general GPU computations with high control over the hardware. It is built on top of Vulkan, D3D11 and a Metal support is in discussion.
+Pulse is a low level GPGPU library designed for highly intensive general GPU computations with high control over the hardware. It is built on top of Vulkan and a Metal support is in discussion.

Sources/Backends/D3D11/D3D11.h

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2024 kanel
-// This file is part of "Pulse"
-// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in LICENSE
-
-#include <Pulse.h>
-
-#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_D3D11_BACKEND
-
-#ifndef PULSE_D3D11_H_
-#define PULSE_D3D11_H_
-
-PulseBackendFlags D3D11CheckSupport(PulseBackendFlags candidates, PulseShaderFormatsFlags shader_formats_used); // Return PULSE_BACKEND_VULKAN in case of success and PULSE_BACKEND_INVALID otherwise
-
-#endif // PULSE_D3D11_H_
-
-#endif // PULSE_ENABLE_D3D11_BACKEND

Sources/Backends/Metal/Metal.h

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 kanel
+// This file is part of "Pulse"
+// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in LICENSE
+
+#include <Pulse.h>
+
+#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_METAL_BACKEND
+
+#ifndef PULSE_METAL_H_
+#define PULSE_METAL_H_
+
+PulseBackendFlags MetalCheckSupport(PulseBackendFlags candidates, PulseShaderFormatsFlags shader_formats_used); // Return PULSE_BACKEND_METAL in case of success and PULSE_BACKEND_INVALID otherwise
+
+#endif // PULSE_METAL_H_
+
+#endif // PULSE_ENABLE_METAL_BACKEND

Sources/Backends/Metal/Metal.m

@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@
 #include <Pulse.h>
 #include "../../PulseInternal.h"
 
-#include "D3D11.h"
+#include "Metal.h"
 
-PulseBackendFlags D3D11CheckSupport(PulseBackendFlags candidates, PulseShaderFormatsFlags shader_formats_used)
+PulseBackendFlags MetalCheckSupport(PulseBackendFlags candidates, PulseShaderFormatsFlags shader_formats_used)
 {
-	if(candidates != PULSE_BACKEND_ANY && (candidates & PULSE_BACKEND_D3D11) == 0)
+	if(candidates != PULSE_BACKEND_ANY && (candidates & PULSE_BACKEND_METAL) == 0)
 		return PULSE_BACKEND_INVALID;
-	if((shader_formats_used & PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_DXBC_BIT) == 0)
+	if((shader_formats_used & PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_MSL_BIT) == 0 && (shader_formats_used & PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_METALLIB_BIT) == 0)
 		return PULSE_BACKEND_INVALID;
-	return PULSE_BACKEND_INVALID; // Not supported
+	return PULSE_BACKEND_INVALID; // Not supported yet
 }
 
-PulseBackendHandler D3D11Driver = {
+PulseBackendHandler MetalDriver = {
 	.PFN_LoadBackend = PULSE_NULLPTR,
 	.PFN_UnloadBackend = PULSE_NULLPTR,
 	.PFN_CreateDevice = PULSE_NULLPTR,
-	.backend = PULSE_BACKEND_D3D11,
+	.backend = PULSE_BACKEND_METAL,
-	.supported_shader_formats = PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_DXBC_BIT,
+	.supported_shader_formats = PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_MSL_BIT | PULSE_SHADER_FORMAT_METALLIB_BIT,
 	.driver_data = PULSE_NULLPTR
 };

Sources/PulseBackend.c

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_VULKAN_BACKEND
 	#include "Backends/Vulkan/Vulkan.h"
 #endif
-#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_D3D11_BACKEND
+#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_METAL_BACKEND
-	#include "Backends/D3D11/D3D11.h"
+	#include "Backends/Metal/Metal.h"
 #endif
 
 // Ordered by default preference
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ static const PulseCheckBackendSupportPFN backends_supports[] = {
 	#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_VULKAN_BACKEND
 		VulkanCheckSupport,
 	#endif
-	#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_D3D11_BACKEND
+	#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_METAL_BACKEND
-		D3D11CheckSupport,
+		MetalCheckSupport,
 	#endif
 	PULSE_NULLPTR
 };
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ static PulseBackend PulseGetBackendFromFlag(PulseBackendBits flag)
 		#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_VULKAN_BACKEND
 			case PULSE_BACKEND_VULKAN: return &VulkanDriver;
 		#endif
-		#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_D3D11_BACKEND
+		#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_METAL_BACKEND
-			case PULSE_BACKEND_D3D11: return &D3D11Driver;
+			case PULSE_BACKEND_METAL: return &MetalDriver;
 		#endif
 
 		default: break;

Sources/PulseInternal.h

@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ void PulseLogBackend(PulseBackend backend, PulseDebugMessageSeverity type, const
 #ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_VULKAN_BACKEND
 	extern PulseBackendHandler VulkanDriver;
 #endif // PULSE_ENABLE_VULKAN_BACKEND
-#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_D3D11_BACKEND
+#ifdef PULSE_ENABLE_METAL_BACKEND
-	extern PulseBackendHandler D3D11Driver;
+	extern PulseBackendHandler MetalDriver;
-#endif // PULSE_ENABLE_D3D11_BACKEND
+#endif // PULSE_ENABLE_METAL_BACKEND
 
 #endif // PULSE_INTERNAL_H_

xmake.lua

@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ local backends = {
 	Vulkan = {
 		option = "vulkan",
 		default = true,
-		has_cpp_files = true,
 		packages = { "vulkan-headers", "vulkan-memory-allocator" },
 		custom = function()
 			add_defines("VK_NO_PROTOTYPES")
+			add_files("Sources/Backends/Vulkan/**.cpp")
 		end
 	},
-	D3D11 = {
+	Metal = {
-		option = "d3d11",
+		option = "metal",
-		default = is_plat("windows", "mingw"),
+		default = is_plat("macosx", "iphoneos"),
-		has_cpp_files = false,
+		custom = function()
+			add_files("Sources/Backends/Metal/**.m")
+		end
 	}
 }
 
@@ -80,9 +82,6 @@ target("pulse_gpu")
 			add_headerfiles("Sources/Backends/" .. name .. "/**.inl", { prefixdir = "private", install = false })
 
 			add_files("Sources/Backends/" .. name .. "/**.c")
-			if module.has_cpp_files then
-				add_files("Sources/Backends/" .. name .. "/**.cpp")
-			end
 
 			if module.custom then
 				module.custom()