[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Correcting the reg definitions for PORT_DFT

[Jani Nikula]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2015, Dave Gordon <david.s.gordon at intel.com> wrote:
> But since INTEL_INFO() can take 'dev_priv' as a parameter (as an
> alternative to 'dev'), all the uses of 'dev' here could be replaced by
> 'dev_priv' and then the parameter changed to pass that directly, thus
> potentially eliminating quite a few extra memory references. Applied
> driver-wide, that micro-optimisation might add up to something useful :)

I think we haven't done that driver-wide because it would be more
disruptive than beneficial, but we're slowly moving at that direction
whenever we change stuff. And this is exactly the reason why Chris
hacked INTEL_INFO et al. to accept either dev or dev_priv.

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center