[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 19/19] drm/i915: Allow async update of pageflips.

[Chris Wilson]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 03:24:45PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 09:19:53AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 09:52:39AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> > 
> > If you think it's ready:
> > 	dev->mode_config.async_page_flip = true;
> 
> Nah, this is something entirely different.
> 
> "async atomic commit" = doesn't block, but vblank synced for the entire
> thing.

So basically what you are saying is that this patch simply makes pages
work as before and queue the non-blocking update of the primary plane...

Boo. Talk about overselling ;)
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre