[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 1/6] lib/igt_vmwgfx: Add vmwgfx device

Deepak Singh Rawat drawat at vmware.com
Thu Oct 11 15:32:55 UTC 2018


> > > This seems not needed? For pure generic kms tests I think it'd be great if
> > > we don't have to sprinkle driver-specific checks all over. Which you seem
> > > to achive in your series here.
> > >
> > > So not clear why this here is needed?
> > > -Daniel
> >
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > Thanks for the review. You are right for kms tests having vmwgfx driver
> type
> > is not needed but I added vmwgfx device type because I plan to add more
> > vmwgfx test cases, and since vmwgfx buffer allocation is private ioctl
> > having a separate device type might be needed.
> 
> Oh, this sounds awesome. And yes, for private ioctl tests vmwgfx is
> obviuosly very much welcome!
> 
> > I can drop this until I have some vmwgfx specific test cases.
> 
> Sounds like a good plan to me.
> -Daniel

I saw latest email from Perti mentioning that this might be needed for loading
ko. I am really not sure about that but I will test without vmwgfx as a separate
driver type and see if things work.

Thanks,
Deepak




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