[PATCH 07/11] drm/amdgpu: rename GART to SYSVM

[Michel Dänzer]

On 05/07/17 06:11 AM, Felix Kuehling wrote:
> I'm afraid this will lead to more confusion when talking to different
> teams in AMD. At least to me "GART" was always understood to be the
> system-wide address translation table (VMID-0). The remnant from the
> pre-GPUVM days. You're now calling that SYSVM, while all GPU-accessible
> system memory is still called GTT.
> 
> I think it would make more sense to call general GPU-mapped system
> memory "SYSVM" or "GPUVM", and only call the global VMID-0 page table
> "GART".
> 
> But of course that would require changes in TTM and all TTM drivers, so
> it's not a realistic option.

FWIW, the string "GART" doesn't appear anywhere in TTM, so I think your
idea is feasible.


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