[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Introduce vblank work function

[Bloomfield, Jon]

Ok thanks. 

To add weight to it becoming official in some form, we're using it for various deferred operations:
	drm/i915: Make plane switching asynchronous
	drm/i915: Asynchronously unpin the old framebuffer after the next vblank	

They aren't my patches but I believe they should be upstreamed in the near future. The claim is that these give a noticeable performance boost.

I'll leave it in and hope it becomes official.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Vetter [mailto:daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch] On Behalf Of Daniel
> Vetter
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 12:07 PM
> To: Bloomfield, Jon
> Cc: Chris Wilson; intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Introduce vblank work function
> 
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 10:44:15AM +0000, Bloomfield, Jon wrote:
> > What's the status of this patch ? I can't find any subsequent mention
> > of it, but we currently use it in one of our Android development
> > trees. I'm trying to work out whether to retain it or replace it.
> >
> > Was it killed off, or is it still in the pipeline ?
> 
> Stalled atm I think. The overall concept of a vblank worker/timer support
> code is still useful imo. I think I've written up all the bikesheds Chris&I
> discussed on irc in my other reply.
> -Daniel
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