[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 4/5] drm/i915: Idleness detection for DRRS

[Vandana Kannan]

On Dec-18-2013 2:34 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 01:48:12PM +0530, Vandana Kannan wrote:
>> On Dec-17-2013 5:59 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:58:26AM +0530, Vandana Kannan wrote:
>>>> Adding support to detect display idleness by tracking page flip from
>>>> user space. Switch to low refresh rate is triggered after 2 seconds of
>>>> idleness. The delay is configurable. If there is a page flip or call to
>>>> update the plane, then high refresh rate is applied.
>>>> The feature is not used in dual-display mode.
>>>
>>> Looks very inconsistent next to intel_fbc_disable/intel_fbc_update.
>>> -Chris
>>>
>> We have implemented this in a way that it is similar to fbc
>> implementation. Could you explain some more about your review comment?
> 
> See the split between intel_fbc_disable and intel_fbc_update and how it
> would make your code more tidy, your API harder to get wrong and make it
> easier to integrate all of these triggers into a single routine. Also
> note that you miss out on frontbuffer rendering detection.
> -Chris
> 
The current implementation makes use of "bool update" to differentiate
between an update/disable. I will make changes so that the
implementation is similar to intel_fbc_disable/intel_fbc_update.
Could you give more information on the miss on frontbuffer rendering
detection?