-// An estimate on the number of different levels the linear texture interpolation
-// of the GPU can deliver. My Intel card seems to be limited to 2^6 levels here,
-// while a modern nVidia card (GTX 550 Ti) seem to use 2^8.
+// The current debug level.
+extern MovitDebugLevel movit_debug_level;
+
+// An estimate on the smallest values the linear texture interpolation
+// of the GPU can distinguish between, i.e., for a GPU with N-bit
+// texture subpixel precision, this value will be 2^-N.
+//
+// From reading the little specs that exist and through practical tests,
+// the broad picture seems to be that Intel cards have 6-bit precision,
+// nVidia cards have 8-bit, and Radeon cards have 6-bit before R6xx
+// (at least when not using trilinear sampling), but can reach
+// 8-bit precision on R6xx or newer in some (unspecified) cases.