[PATCH 9/9] drm: move ttm_execbuf_util into vmwgfx

[Thomas Hellström (Intel)]

On 3/8/23 10:10, Christian König wrote:
> Am 08.03.23 um 06:14 schrieb Zack Rusin:
>> On Tue, 2023-02-28 at 09:34 +0100, Christian König wrote:
>>> VMWGFX is the only remaining user of this and should probably moved 
>>> over
>>> to drm_exec when it starts using GEM as well.
>> Is this because vmwgfx piggybacks buffer-id relocations on top of ttm 
>> validations or
>> did you just find it too hard to port it over? I'd prefer to avoid 
>> ttm moves to
>> vmwgfx and at least have a clear idea of what we need to do to port.
>
> I've just found it to hard to port it over because vmwgfx does some 
> strange things with the validation code here.
>
> If you want we can take a deeper look at this together, but I need to 
> find some time.
>
> Alternatively just tell me how to do it and I will add that to the 
> patch set :)
>
> Regards,
> Christian.

Hmm.

It turns out Xe was using these from the very start as well. But I will 
take a look at what it take to deprecate that usage, so don't let that 
stop this removal. We need a more flexible WW transaction handling anyway.

/Thomas

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