[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 26/50] drm/i915/bdw: Allow non-default, non-render, user-created LRCs

[Mateo Lozano, Oscar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Vetter [mailto:daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch] On Behalf Of Daniel Vetter
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 2:36 PM
> To: Mateo Lozano, Oscar
> Cc: intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 26/50] drm/i915/bdw: Allow non-default, non-
> render, user-created LRCs
> 
> On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 01:08:56PM +0100, oscar.mateo at intel.com wrote:
> > From: Oscar Mateo <oscar.mateo at intel.com>
> >
> > This commit changes the ABI, so it is provided separately so that it
> > can be dropped by the maintainer is so he wishes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oscar Mateo <oscar.mateo at intel.com>
> 
> This looks eerily like a patch from full-ppgtt that I've reverted, originally
> authored by Ben ;-) Anyway now that we have per-file contexts I think we can
> forgo this for now, since every open fd will get its own per-ring implicit contxt
> for blt, vcs and vecs anyway.
> 
> And if we have a need for more contexts on those engines the usual rules
> apply: I need a fully enabled open-source userspace implementation using this
> new capability.
> -Daniel

I know: I saw the patch and your revert, but I had to try anyway :)