Add directx-shader-compiler

[JPeterMugaas]

Package name

directx-shader-compiler

Brief description of package

A compiler for HLSL to DXIL (DirectX Intermediate Language).

URL for package's homepage

https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler

Provide a basic test case to validate the package's functionality.

No response

MINGW environments where you need the package

• [X] MINGW64
• [X] MINGW32
• [X] UCRT64
• [X] CLANG64
• [ ] CLANG32
• [ ] CLANGARM64

Are you willing to submit a PR?

yes

[JPeterMugaas]

The directx-shader-compiler (dxc.exe) is required for some DirectX 12.0 based things such as DirectXTK12.

I have a package at: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JPeterMugaas/MINGW-ext-packages/master/mingw-w64-dxc/PKGBUILD but that simply packages the precompiled binaries from GitHub and The DirectXShaderCompiler is open-source.

This serves a different need than the efxc2 package that compiles shaders for DirectX 11 and earlier.

[Biswa96]

• Good news: I have compiled it with clang.

$ ./UCRT64/bin/dxc.exe --help | head -n 3
OVERVIEW: HLSL Compiler for Windows

Version: libdxcompiler.dll: 1.8 - 1.8.0.10018 (main, 206133c9-dirty)

• Bad news: So many patches - half of them are just workarounds. Many things need to be patched in dxc, mingw-w64, wine projects.

$ git diff --cached --name-only | wc -l
34