[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: Remove i915.enable_execlists module parameter

Joonas Lahtinen joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com
Mon Oct 30 12:51:10 UTC 2017


On Thu, 2017-10-26 at 22:17 +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Execlists and legacy ringbuffer submission are no longer feature
> comparable (execlists now offer greater functionality that should
> overcome their performance hit) and obsoletes the unsafe module
> parameter, i.e. comparing the two modes of execution is no longer
> useful, so remove the debug tool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>

Could use some more acks here. To me, the module parameters seem to be
facing some abuse, so dropping makes sense especially as the features
are not comparable, and code is bound to be rotting.

Reviewed-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>

Regards, Joonas
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Joonas Lahtinen
Open Source Technology Center
Intel Corporation


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