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+// luma.gl
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+// Copyright (c) vis.gl contributors
+
+// Forked from https://github.com/greggman/webgpu-utils under MIT license
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gregg Tavares
+
+import {Device, Texture, Buffer} from '@luma.gl/core';
+import {Model} from '../model/model';
+
+type TextureViewDimension = '1d' | '2d' | '2d-array' | '3d';
+
+/**
+ * Generates mip levels from level 0 to the last mip for an existing texture
+ * The texture must have been created with TEXTURE_BINDING and RENDER_ATTACHMENT
+ * and been created with mip levels
+ *
+ * @param device A GPUDevice
+ * @param texture The texture to create mips for
+ * @param viewDimension This is only needed in compatibility mode
+ *   and it is only needed when the texture is going to be used as a cube map.
+ */
+export function generateMipmap(device: Device, texture: Texture) {
+  const source = getMipmapGenerationWGSL(texture.dimension as any);
+
+  const uniformValues = new Uint32Array(1);
+  const uniformBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+    byteLength: 16,
+    usage: Buffer.UNIFORM | Buffer.COPY_DST
+  });
+  const sampler = device.createSampler({minFilter: 'linear', magFilter: 'linear'});
+
+  const model = new Model(device, {
+    id: `${texture.format}.${viewDimension}`,
+    source,
+    colorAttachmentFormats: [texture.format as any],
+    vertexCount: 3,
+    instanceCount: 1,
+    bindings: {
+      uniforms: uniformBuffer,
+      sampler
+    }
+  });
+
+  for (let baseMipLevel = 1; baseMipLevel < texture.mipLevelCount; ++baseMipLevel) {
+    for (let baseArrayLayer = 0; baseArrayLayer < texture.depthOrArrayLayers; ++baseArrayLayer) {
+      uniformValues[0] = baseArrayLayer;
+      device.queue.writeBuffer(uniformBuffer, 0, uniformValues);
+
+      const previousMipLevelView = texture.createView({
+        dimension: viewDimension,
+        baseMipLevel: baseMipLevel - 1,
+        mipLevelCount: 1
+      });
+
+      const mipLevelTextureView = texture.createView({
+        dimension: '2d',
+        baseMipLevel,
+        mipLevelCount: 1,
+        baseArrayLayer,
+        arrayLayerCount: 1
+      });
+
+      const mipLevelView = texture.createView({
+        dimension: viewDimension,
+        baseMipLevel: baseMipLevel - 1,
+        mipLevelCount: 1,
+        baseArrayLayer,
+        arrayLayerCount: 1
+      });
+
+      const framebuffer = device.createFramebuffer({
+        colorAttachments: [mipLevelView]
+      });
+
+      model.setBindings({
+        previousMipLevelView,
+        previousMipLevelViewSampler: sampler
+      });
+      const renderPass = device.beginRenderPass({id: 'mip-gen-pass', framebuffer});
+      model.draw(renderPass);
+      renderPass.end();
+    }
+  }
+
+  uniformBuffer.destroy();
+}
+
+function getMipmapGenerationWGSL(viewDimension: TextureViewDimension): string {
+  let textureSnippet;
+  let sampleSnippet;
+  switch (viewDimension) {
+    case '2d':
+      textureSnippet = 'texture_2d<f32>';
+      sampleSnippet = 'textureSample(ourTexture, ourSampler, fsInput.texcoord)';
+      break;
+    case '2d-array':
+      textureSnippet = 'texture_2d_array<f32>';
+      sampleSnippet = `
+        textureSample(
+            ourTexture,
+            ourSampler,
+            fsInput.texcoord,
+            uni.layer)`;
+      break;
+    case 'cube':
+      textureSnippet = 'texture_cube<f32>';
+      sampleSnippet = `
+        textureSample(
+            ourTexture,
+            ourSampler,
+            faceMat[uni.layer] * vec3f(fract(fsInput.texcoord), 1))`;
+      break;
+    case 'cube-array':
+      textureSnippet = 'texture_cube_array<f32>';
+      sampleSnippet = `
+        textureSample(
+            ourTexture,
+            ourSampler,
+            faceMat[uni.layer] * vec3f(fract(fsInput.texcoord), 1), uni.layer)`;
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`unsupported view: ${viewDimension}`);
+  }
+  return `
+      const faceMat = array(
+        mat3x3f( 0,  0,  -2,  0, -2,   0,  1,  1,   1),   // pos-x
+        mat3x3f( 0,  0,   2,  0, -2,   0, -1,  1,  -1),   // neg-x
+        mat3x3f( 2,  0,   0,  0,  0,   2, -1,  1,  -1),   // pos-y
+        mat3x3f( 2,  0,   0,  0,  0,  -2, -1, -1,   1),   // neg-y
+        mat3x3f( 2,  0,   0,  0, -2,   0, -1,  1,   1),   // pos-z
+        mat3x3f(-2,  0,   0,  0, -2,   0,  1,  1,  -1));  // neg-z
+
+      struct FragmentInputs {
+        @builtin(position) position: vec4f,
+        @location(0) texcoord: vec2f,
+      };
+
+      @vertex fn vertexMain(
+        @builtin(vertex_index) vertexIndex : u32
+      ) -> FragmentInputs {
+        var pos = array<vec2f, 3>(
+          vec2f(-1.0, -1.0),
+          vec2f(-1.0,  3.0),
+          vec2f( 3.0, -1.0),
+        );
+
+        var vsOutput: FragmentInputs;
+        let xy = pos[vertexIndex];
+        vsOutput.position = vec4f(xy, 0.0, 1.0);
+        vsOutput.texcoord = xy * vec2f(0.5, -0.5) + vec2f(0.5);
+        return vsOutput;
+      }
+
+      struct Uniforms {
+        layer: u32,
+      };
+
+      @group(0) @binding(0) var ourSampler: sampler;
+      @group(0) @binding(1) var ourTexture: ${textureSnippet};
+      @group(0) @binding(2) var<uniform> uni: Uniforms;
+
+      @fragment fn fragmentMain(fsInput: FragmentInputs) -> @location(0) vec4f {
+        _ = uni.layer; // make sure this is used so all pipelines have the same bindings
+        return ${sampleSnippet};
+      }
+    `;
+}