[Intel-gfx] [RFC i-g-t PATCH 2/3] igt/gem_wait: Use new igt_dummyload api

[Chris Wilson]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:31:13PM +0300, Abdiel Janulgue wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/12/2016 03:07 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 02:59:53PM +0300, Abdiel Janulgue wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Abdiel Janulgue <abdiel.janulgue at linux.intel.com>
> >> ---
> >>  tests/gem_wait.c | 77 +++++++++-----------------------------------------------
> >>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
> > 
> > We can do so much better than a dummy load here. We can precisely
> > control how long we want the object to be busy by using a recursive
> > batch buffer (and terminating that batch at the exact moment we require).
> > -Chris
> > 
> Hi Chris, I see you've posted a better solution to gem_wait. I could
> drop this one and defer to yours instead. So for now, igt_dummyload has
> dropped to only 1 customer at the moment: kms_flip.  Let me know whether
> it's possible to upstream this dummyload api.

kms_flip would probably be better with a specific load rather than a
dummy as well. The challenge is whether the flip works given various
input states of the framebuffers, and the more control we have over
those inputs the better.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre