[PATCH] drm/etnaviv: move GPU linear window to end of DMA window

Lucas Stach l.stach at pengutronix.de
Mon Mar 14 15:18:43 UTC 2016


Am Montag, den 14.03.2016, 15:09 +0000 schrieb Russell King - ARM Linux:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 04:02:35PM +0100, Lucas Stach wrote:
> > I guess not using the offset on MC10 will also allow you to enable TS on
> > those parts? In that case we might advertise this with a patchlevel
> > change of the API.
> 
> I don't think we need that - it isn't an API change as such.  What
> we could do is to clear the fast clear capability for GPUs where the
> base is non-zero but has MC10, which basically means we don't use
> tile status.
> 
With kernel 4.5 being released now, we already have a kernel version
that may change the offset, while not clearing the fast clear capability
bit. So I think we need another way for userspace to know if the kernel
is doing the right thing for MC10.



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