network natively on HIP with Vulkan->HIP shared memory, extend K kernels to
gfx11 (RDNA3), and add dependency/packaging/test tooling around them.
Windows: FSR RR backend, native HIP K runner, gfx11 K kernels, tooling
FSR Ray Regeneration (experimental)
- Add fsr_rr_backend.{h,cpp}, fsr_rr_passes.h and the fsr_rr/ prepare and
compose compute shaders. They run AMD's FidelityFX denoiser
(amd_fidelityfx_denoiser_dx12.dll, SDK 2.3, not bundled) on a private
vkd3d-proton device.
- Add the amdxc64 shim (tools/windows/amdxc64_shim) and two vkd3d-proton
patches for libcxx includes. AMD's amdxc64.dll is never loaded.
- d4r_nvngx_windows: RrFeature now selects between the native DLSS RR
backend and the FSR backend (D4R_RR_BACKEND=fsr). After the denoiser it
runs an internal Super Sampling stage (feature 1) to upscale. If SR is
unavailable and output != render size, the frame fails; it is never
returned noisy.
- d4r.ini / player_config: new [RayReconstruction] FsrDenoiser,
FsrStabilityBias (auto or >= 0) and FsrDetail (0-1), with validation, and
matching D4R_FSR_* environment variables.
- Add the FSR RR fixture, output-check and ngx test scripts, and a shader
compile script.
Native HIP K runner (Windows)
- CMake: add d4r_engine_k_hip (d4r-k-hip) plus separate volk/engine copies,
because VK_USE_PLATFORM_WIN32_KHR changes volk's entry points.
- Share Vulkan memory with HIP via Win32 opaque handles on Windows
(VK_KHR_external_memory_win32) and via fds on Linux. Handle types are now
intptr_t, and the platform choice is in D4R_EXT_MEMORY_* macros.
- HipNetwork: add debugRepeatHashes and debugNodeMicros, exposed as
D4R_HIP_REPEAT_CHECK, D4R_HIP_REPEAT_ALL and D4R_HIP_NODE_PROFILE in
replay.cpp.
- replay.cpp: display-resolution-motion frames (FrameFlagDisplayMotion) no
longer require near2rnd == out2rnd. Both values must still be in (0, 1].
K kernels on gfx11
- Allow position-token and enc1 tiling on __GFX11__ as well as gfx12.
- Add an opt-in ds_bpermute cross-half exchange
(D4R_WINDOWS_GFX11_DS_EXCHANGE, enabled for K on Windows gfx11). M keeps
its LDS path.
- Fix a block-barrier race in the position layer. Without POS_VSHARE a fast
wave could overwrite its hb rows while a slower wave still read them for a
later head, giving rare wrong results on gfx1101 (enc0 outputs differing
between identical launches).
Packaging and install
- install.bat, d4r.ini, WINDOWS_README: FSR option, and
install_dependencies.py to install pinned NVIDIA dependencies with staged,
hash-verified replacement and rollback.
- Update the release package, local package refresh and test scripts.
- Add the InteropBatchInputCopies option (default false). Batching is faster
on some synthetic runs, but player temporal exactness is unresolved.
Tooling and tests
- K model: capture_k_weights, build_k_model, compare_k_outputs,
benchmark_k_hip, build_capture_runtime, test_k_model and the
zluda-k-output-capture patch. Captured weights and models are private
local assets and must not enter release archives.
- Synthetic probes: test_m_ngx, test_sr_dynamic,
prepare_rr_dynamic_fixture and the d3d12/rr_ngx probe updates.
- Add tests/windows/test_install_dependencies.py.
Docs
- Update the windows-fsr-rr, k-performance, local-package, rr-interop and
rr-model-cache docs. Add windows-parity-handoff.md and
windows-parity-continuation-prompt.md.
Add native K/M/RR inference engines, HIP kernels, replay and validation
harnesses, and Windows DLSS setup and runtime support. Include GPU
profiling tools, build and packaging scripts, platform integration
patches, and implementation documentation.
RDNA4 (experimental; untested on RDNA4 hardware)
- kernels/common/wmma_layout.h picks the WMMA operand/accumulator layout
per target; K (pwin_*) and M (swin_*) index through it, so the same
sources build for gfx11 and gfx12. D4R_WMMA_LAYOUT=12 on gfx11 is a test
shim that runs the gfx12 indexing on gfx11 WMMA.
- M can use native e4m3 FP8 WMMA on gfx12 (D4R_NATIVE_FP8=1). Texture
tails (enc0_tail, dec0_head) get gfx12 f16 and FP8 paths that match
ZLUDA's gfx12 lowering.
- ZLUDA patch 0007: gfx12 WMMA helpers, optional native FP8 MMA
(D4R_ZLUDA_WMMA_FP8_NATIVE), a layout override for testing, and an
architecture argument for d4r_emit. Texture kernels are now compiled
offline per target through d4r_emit (D4R_ZLUDA_EMIT) instead of on the
local GPU.
- New d4r.ini option [Kernels] NativeFp8 (default on), wired through the
shim and d4r_config.py. On gfx12 the bridge serves kernels/<arch>-fp8
when it is on.
- The bridge picks the KFD GPU with the most SIMDs (so an iGPU is not
chosen over a discrete GPU); D4R_GPU_ARCH overrides it.
- kernels/build.sh and package_release.sh build gfx1100-gfx1103 and
gfx1200/gfx1201 (plus -fp8 variants), and D4R_BUNDLE_TEX takes
per-target folders.
Performance (RDNA3; harness byte-identical unless noted)
- ZLUDA patch 0006: m16n8k8 f16 MMAs on WMMA (E; not bit-exact, 52-55 dB
per layer, D4R_ZLUDA_WMMA_K8=0 disables it), per-key weight-image slots
for native prep kernels (d4r_prep_key_at, d4r_prep_key_slots), and
wave64 builds of MMA-free kernels (D4R_ZLUDA_WAVE64).
- M: packed FP8 encoding, conflict-free patch-merge reads, scalar weight
loads in enc1, and weight prep once per weight set for the six enc3
tube blocks.
- K: CU mode for the six non-wide pwin layers.
- Texture kernels: every DLSS flag variant is built natively (24 K output,
8 M post, 4 M downsample, 4 M enc0), not only Townfall's; post and K
output run as wave64.
- M direct output: rrlite_downsample_kernel writes the shim's output
buffer; the shim's default direct-output presets are now 11,13.
Tools
- dump_runner takes the prep grid from d4r_prep_blocks and refuses
texture/surface dumps.
- New pwin_check.py, swin_check.py, model_enc3.py and tail_check.hip.
Docs: README GPU table and RDNA4 notes, building (patches 0002-0007,
d4r_emit), native-kernels (RDNA4 section), performance (new numbers),
packaging README. Version 0.1.2.
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