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

[Daniel Vetter]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> rc6=0 hw_contexts=0 -> works
> rc6=0 hw_contexts=1 -> works
> rc6=1 hw_contexts=0 -> works (current default up to 3.6)
> rc6=1 hw_contexts=1 -> hard hang with gl (new default in 3.6)

I think we need that workaround ... Ben, can you hack up what should
be required? Since as soon as we get the first external regression
report I'll pretty much have to disable it by default, which isn't
really great. Dumping an entire 3d setup batch into the kernel looks
like the lesser evil.
-Daniel
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