[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Disable execlists by default for gen8

[Chris Wilson]

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 09:41:37AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Bug reports are still coming in for late 4.0-rcX that indicate that
> execlists causes GPU hangs following resume.
> 
> Fixes regression from
> commit d7f621e50704306c348ccb192f17047f1499f9bc
> Author: Oscar Mateo <oscar.mateo at intel.com>
> Date:   Thu Jul 24 17:04:49 2014 +0100
> 
>     drm/i915/bdw: Enable Logical Ring Contexts (hence, Execlists)
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89308

Ping?

Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89915

Bugs are still being reported where execlists is the culprit in 4.0.6.
We have no advantages for execlists in 4.0, only performance and
stability regressions, so what was the justification for keeping it
enabled?
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre