vp40
Keywords: vp40, NVIDIA, NVIDIA Cg Toolkit, Cg Toolkit, Shader, Shader Programming, GPU Shader Programming, GPU Program

> ## Name

> vp40 - OpenGL vertex profile for NVIDIA GeForce 6/7 Series, NV4x-based Quadro FX

> ## Synopsis

>       vp40

> ## Description

> This OpenGL profile corresponds to the per-vertex functionality introduced by the GeForce 6800 and other NV4x-based NVIDIA GPUs.

> The compiler output for this profile conforms to the assembly format defined by NV_vertex_program3 and ARB_vertex_program.

> Data-dependent loops and branching are allowed.

> Relative indexing of uniform arrays is supported.

> Texture accesses are supported. However substantial limitations on vertex texturing exist for hardware acceleration by NV4x hardware.

> NV4x hardware accelerates vertex fetches only for 1-, 3-, and 4-component floating-point textures. NV4x hardware does not accelerated vertex-texturing for cube maps or 3D textures. NV4x does allow non-power-of-two sizes (width and height).

> ## 3D Api Dependencies

> Requires OpenGL support for the NV_fragment_program3 extension. These extensions were introduced by the GeForce 6800 and other NV4x-based GPUs.

> ## Opengl Extension Specifications

>      http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/NV/vertex_program3.txt

>      http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/ARB/vertex_program.txt

> ## Profile Options

> PosInv=val
>   Non-zero means generates code for position-invariant (with fixed-function) position transformation.
> NumTemps=val
>   Maximum number of temporary registers the implementation supports. Set to the implementaiton-dependent value of `GL_MAX_NATIVE_TEMPORARIES_ARB` for best performance.
> MaxAddressRegs=val
>   Maximum number of address registers the implementation supports. Set to the implementaiton-dependent value of `GL_MAX_NATIVE_ADDRESS_REGISTERS_ARB` for best performance.
> MaxInstructions=val
>   Maximum number of instructions the implementation supports. Set to the implementaiton-dependent value of `GL_MAX_NATIVE_INSTRUCTIONS_ARB` for best performance.
> MaxLocalParams=val
>   Maximum number of local parameters the implementation supports.

> ## Data Types

> float
>   This profile implements the float data type as IEEE 32-bit single precision.
> half
> double
>   `half` and `double` data types are treated as `float`.
> int
>   The `int` data type is supported using floating point operations, which adds extra instructions for proper truncation for divides, modulos and casts from floating point types. Because integer values are simulated with IEEE single-precision floating-point, they are accurate over the range -2^24 to 2^24 but will not overflow like true integers.
> fixed
> sampler*
>   This profile does not support any operations on the `fixed` or `sampler`* data types, but does provide the minimal partial support that is required for these data types by the core language spec (i.e. it is legal to declare variables using these types, as long as no operations are performed on the variables).

> ## Semantics

> ## Varying Input Semantics

> The set of binding semantics for varying input data to vp40 consists of POSITION, BLENDWEIGHT, NORMAL, COLOR0, COLOR1, TESSFACTOR, PSIZE, BLENDINDICES, and TEXCOORD0-TEXCOORD7. One can also use TANGENT and BINORMAL instead of TEXCOORD6 and TEXCOORD7.

> Additionally, a set of binding semantics ATTR0-ATTR15 can be used. These binding semantics map to NV_vertex_program3 input attribute parameters.

> The two sets act as aliases to each other on NVIDIA GPUs excluding Apple Macs. ATI GPUs and NVIDIA Mac GPUs do not alias the conventional vertex attributes with the generic attributes.

>     Binding Semantics Name        Corresponding Data

>     POSITION, ATTR0              Input Vertex, Generic Attribute 0

>     BLENDWEIGHT, ATTR1           Input vertex weight, Generic Attribute 1

>     NORMAL, ATTR2                Input normal, Generic Attribute 2

>     DIFFUSE, COLOR0, ATTR3       Input primary color, Generic Attribute 3

>     SPECULAR, COLOR1, ATTR4      Input secondary color, Generic Attribute 4

>     TESSFACTOR, FOGCOORD, ATTR5  Input fog coordinate, Generic Attribute 5

>     PSIZE, ATTR6                 Input point size, Generic Attribute 6

>     BLENDINDICES, ATTR7          Generic Attribute 7

>     TEXCOORD0-TEXCOORD7,         Input texture coordinates (texcoord0-texcoord7)
>     ATTR8-ATTR15                 Generic Attributes 8-15

>     TANGENT, ATTR14              Generic Attribute 14

>     BINORMAL, ATTR15             Generic Attribute 15

> ## Uniform Input Semantics

>     C0-C255           Constant register [0..255].
>                       The aliases c0-c255 (lowercase) are also accepted.

> If used with a variable that requires more than one constant register (e.g. a matrix), the semantic specifies the first register that is used.

>     TEXUNIT0-TEXUNIT15  Texture unit (but only 4 distinct texture units
>                         are allowed)

> ## Output Semantics

>     Binding Semantics Name        Corresponding Data

>     POSITION, HPOS                Output position

>     PSIZE, PSIZ                   Output point size

>     FOG, FOGC                     Output fog coordinate

>     COLOR0, COL0                  Output primary color

>     COLOR1, COL1                  Output secondary color

>     BCOL0                         Output backface primary color

>     BCOL1                         Output backface secondary color

>     TEXCOORD0-TEXCOORD7,          Output texture coordinates
>     TEX0-TEX7

>     CLP0-CL5                      Output Clip distances

> ## Standard Library Issues

> Standard library routines for texture cube map and rectangle samplers are not supported by vp40.

> ## See Also

> fp40