[Intel-gfx] [RFC] algorithm for handling bad cachelines

[Chris Wilson]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:19:43 -0700, Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net> wrote:
> Any feedback is highly appreciated. I couldn't really find much
> precedent for doing this in other drivers, so pointers to similar
> things would also be highly welcome.

badblocks and badram (memmap) both seem to be similar situations. A
comma-separated list works when the number is quite small, otherwise an
ioctl. Of course that requires us to be able to reprogram the cache on
the fly.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre