[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 2/3] drm/i915: replace IS_GEN<N> with IS_GEN(..., N)

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Fri Dec 7 11:30:28 UTC 2018


On 07/12/2018 01:17, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 4:37 AM Tvrtko Ursulin
> <tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/12/2018 06:11, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
>>> Define IS_GEN() similarly to our IS_GEN_RANGE(). but use gen instead of
>>> gen_mask to do the comparison. Now callers can pass then gen as a parameter,
>>
>> Since you are calling it out here, I assume there is some good reason to
>> replace gen_mask with gen?
> 
> Because in this version we don't have the commit removing gen from the
> device info.

You had that? Totally don't remember.. what was the goal of that?

> Checking gen instead of gen_mask is both simpler and generates smaller
> code (although
> the difference is negligible, ~100 bytes)

Ok fair, and easy enough to change back once per SKU work rekindles.

Back to the point, for this particular rename, I don't see the big 
attractiveness on it's own so I defer to comments from others.

Regards,

Tvrtko


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