[igt-dev] [RFC PATCH 1/1] i915/gem_tiled_blits: Avoid SET_TILING on Gen 9+

[Vanshidhar Konda]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 07:26:38PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
>Quoting Vanshidhar Konda (2019-11-12 18:39:08)
>> The test currently uses SET_TILING IOCTL for buffer objects. This IOCTL
>> is not supported on Gen12 and beyond. Update the test to use
>> igt_blitter_fast_copy__raw() on Gen 9+ - this avoids have to use
>> SET_TILING IOCTL as well as increases the usage of
>> igt_blitter_fast_copy__raw() method available in the library.
>
>I would much prefer not to mix and match libdrm with native. Just
>convert it to native.
Thanks for the feedback.

Any thoughts on just moving all the IGT tests to use native instead of
libdrm? Or if I can move this test to use libdrm structures/methods,
should I prefer that?

Vanshi

>-Chris