The distinction existed for legacy reasons, to easily port of Embree
intersection code without affecting the main vector types. However we are now
using SIMD for these types as well, so no good reason to keep the distinction.
Also more consistently pass these vector types by value in inline functions.
Previously it was partially changed for functions used by Metal to avoid having
to add address space qualifiers, simple to do it everywhere.
Also removes function declarations for vector math headers, serves no real
purpose.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D16146
float8 is a reserved type in Metal, but is not implemented. So rename to
float8_t for now.
Also move back intersection handlers to kernel.metal, they can't be in the
class that encapsulates the other Metal kernel functions.
This patch adds required math functions for float8 to make it possible
using float8 instead of float3 for color data.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D15525
