[Intel-gfx] [RFC] i915: make the probe asynchronous

[Jani Nikula]

On Tue, 05 Jun 2018, Feng Tang <feng.tang at intel.com> wrote:
> Hi Jani,
>
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 10:41:04AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Jun 2018, Feng Tang <feng.tang at intel.com> wrote:
>> > i915 driver's probe is one of the longest of pci devices, which takes
>> > about hundreds of microseconds or more, make the probe async will help
>> > much on the kernel boot time, as different driver's probe can go async.
>> >
>> > This have been limited verified on several platforms of mine, don't
>> > know if it will have other side effects and drawbacks, so I would
>> > throw it out for reviews and comments, thanks
>> 
>> See the previous discussion [1].
>
> Thanks! But cannot access the link :( 
>
> I've googled, but without luck, is there other link? or some other
> keywords so that I can google with?

Works for me, here's another:

http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20180323083048.13327-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk

BR,
Jani.


>
> Thanks,
> Feng
>
>> 
>> BR,
>> Jani.
>> 
>> [1] http://mid.mail-archive.com/20180323083048.13327-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk
>> 

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center