[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 6/8] drm/i915: Add bind/unbind object functions to VM

[Chris Wilson]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 02:57:53PM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> From: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>
> 
> As we plumb the code with more VM information, it has become more
> obvious that the easiest way to deal with bind and unbind is to simply
> put the function pointers in the vm, and let those choose the correct
> way to handle the page table updates. This change allows many places in
> the code to simply be vm->bind, and not have to worry about
> distinguishing PPGTT vs GGTT.
> 
> Notice that this patch has no impact on functionality. I've decided to
> save the actual change until the next patch because I think it's easier
> to review that way. I'm happy to squash the two, or let Daniel do it on
> merge.

Oh, this is disappointing. The GLOBAL_BIND flag is a let down. Is there
any way we can have the aliasing_ppgtt as a separate vm and so keep the
purity?
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre