[Intel-gfx] [Beignet] [PATCH i-g-t 2/2] configure: Bump required libdrm version to 2.4.60

[Jeff McGee]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 08:21:36AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 01:06:44PM -0700, Jeff McGee wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 07:47:03PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 01:58:52PM -0400, Rob Clark wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Jeff McGee <jeff.mcgee at intel.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 08:37:30AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > > >> On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 04:41:02PM -0700, jeff.mcgee at intel.com wrote:
> > > > >> > From: Jeff McGee <jeff.mcgee at intel.com>
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > tests/core_getparams needs the new libdrm interfaces for
> > > > >> > querying subslice and EU counts.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > For: VIZ-4636
> > > > >> > Signed-off-by: Jeff McGee <jeff.mcgee at intel.com>
> > > > >> > ---
> > > > >> >  configure.ac | 2 +-
> > > > >> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> > > > >> > index 16d6a2e..88a1c3d 100644
> > > > >> > --- a/configure.ac
> > > > >> > +++ b/configure.ac
> > > > >> > @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
> > > > >> >  fi
> > > > >> >  AC_SUBST(ASSEMBLER_WARN_CFLAGS)
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > -PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DRM, [libdrm_intel >= 2.4.52 libdrm])
> > > > >> > +PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DRM, [libdrm_intel >= 2.4.60 libdrm])
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Please don't and instead copypaste the new structs/defines with a local_
> > > > >> prefix like we do it for all the other new igt testcases. Forcing libdrm
> > > > >> to get updated for igt all the time can get annoying fast.
> > > > >> -Daniel
> > > > >>
> > > > > In this case I'm trying to exercise new API functions in libdrm which
> > > > > wrap the GETPARAM ioctl. Would you rather me bypass the wrapper to
> > > > > avoid requiring updated libdrm? I can do that, but it fails to test the
> > > > > complete path that client would use.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Am I missing something, or does 2.4.60 not exist yet?
> > > > 
> > > > That said dependency bumps for igt seem like less of an issue than
> > > > dependency bumps for mesa..  I mean if you are using igt you are
> > > > probably on the latest anyways..  I'm not sure why Daniel is so
> > > > concerned about that..
> > > > 
> > > > (but dependency bumps to something that doesn't exist yet should
> > > > perhaps be avoided)
> > > 
> > > I'd like to avoid massive depency loops for igt tests so that I can merge
> > > the testcase right when the patches land in -nightly. Otherwise there's
> > > always a small delay involved where regression can creep in. Also if I
> > > have to update libdrm every time I update igt that's annoying since
> > > without that I don't have to install/update anything at all - I run igt
> > > in-place. And we've used the LOCAL_ prefixes for pretty much every abi
> > > addition in igt tests thus far.
> > > -Daniel
> > 
> > I understand that and it certainly makes sense when libdrm is only
> > providing defines or structs. But as I said, in this case there is
> > code in libdrm (the wrapper) that we could test as part of the
> > complete path. Are you recommending that I implement duplicate
> > wrapper functions in igt with the local prefix?
> 
> Sorry I totally didn't realize that. Generally we don't have a lot of igt
> testcase for libdrm really, imo it's usually simpler to just add the
> interface to each part. Since this is such a simple one there's no need to
> have a low-level test and the libdrm test on top, but that's what I'd do
> if there's something worth testing in libdrm. Because for complex
> functionality I really want to get the bare-metal tests in together with
> the kernel part. Stalling for libdrm release could take longer.
> 
> And yes, personally I'd just have open-coded the getparam call here in
> igt, but that's just a bikeshed.
> -Daniel
> -- 

Scratch this patch. I just sent v2 of the previous patch that removes
the dependency on libdrm update.
-Jeff