[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 4/5] intel: Intel full PPGTT param

Ben Widawsky ben at bwidawsk.net
Thu Jan 9 15:20:25 PST 2014


On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 08:53:36AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:50:33PM -1000, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > This will allow mesa to determine if it needs to create a context, or
> > can reuse the default context. Reusing the default context saves memory,
> > and startup time.
> > 
> > To keep the libdrm interface as dumb as possible, we simply expose a
> > getter for the default context (which is only a real context when
> > thereis full PPGTT and per fd contexts). As such, callers can expect
> > NULL when this is not the case.
> > 
> > See the usage in mesa for details.
> > 
> > Cc: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth.w.graunke at intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>
> 
> Fyi I've killed this.
> -Daniel

There was supposed to be a revert in my patch series, but I must have
forgotten to send it out. In either case, it depends on a revert of your
revert.


-- 
Ben Widawsky, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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