[PATCH v3 1/5] gem/vram: pin to vram in vmap

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Thu Jun 27 15:16:33 UTC 2019


  Hi,

>  1) Introduce a default_placement field in struct drm_gem_vram_helper
> where this flag can be configured. I'd favor this option.

>  2) Introduce a separate callback function for pinning to vram. The
> driver would have to set the correct function pointers.

>  3) Pin the fb console buffer manually from within the bochs driver.

Hmm.  Before calling drm_fbdev_generic_setup() the bo doesn't exist yet
and when the function returns it is already vmapped and pinned I think.

So (3) isn't easily doable.  (1) looks best to me.

cheers,
  Gerd



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