[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 1/1] i915: additional GEM documentation

Abdiel Janulgue abdiel.janulgue at linux.intel.com
Tue Mar 27 09:40:01 UTC 2018



On 03/02/2018 04:09 PM, kevin.rogovin at intel.com wrote:
> From: Kevin Rogovin <kevin.rogovin at intel.com>
> 
> This patch provides additional overview documentation to the
> i915 kernel driver GEM. In addition, it presents already written
> documentation to i915.rst as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Rogovin <kevin.rogovin at intel.com>

Makes sense. From a GEM newcomer's POV like me, the document does help
in lowering barrier of entry to understanding GEM structures and
entry-points. A detailed description of how the GuC submission mechanism
works could be another good addition, but that could be done in a
subsequent series.

Reviewed-by: Abdiel Janulgue <abdiel.janulgue at linux.intel.com>



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