[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Mark hardware context support optional

[Chris Wilson]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:04:14 -0700, Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:53:37 +0100
> Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > "Enable hardware context support for userspace (default: disabled))");
> 
> You've found one platform this doesn't work on, and a bunch of features
> rely on this, and yet we default to disabled? That seems a bit harsh to
> me.

Exactly, it's meant to be harsh. In the limited testing that hw contexts
have been exposed to, we have a number of hangs for which they are
implicated. Therefore they are not safe to enable yet... Unless you can
prove otherwise. :-p
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre