[Intel-gfx] [igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 15/25] gem_wsim: Engine map load balance command

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Fri May 17 13:19:36 UTC 2019


Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2019-05-17 12:52:36)
> 
> On 17/05/2019 12:38, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2019-05-17 12:25:16)
> >> @@ -184,3 +186,19 @@ Example:
> >>   M.1.VCS
> >>   
> >>   This sets up the engine map to all available VCS class engines.
> >> +
> >> +Context load balancing
> >> +----------------------
> >> +
> >> +Context load balancing (aka Virtual Engine) is an i915 feature where the driver
> >> +will pick the best engine (most idle) to submit to given previously configured
> > 
> > "most idle"? Currently we use first idle, aka greedy balancing.
> 
> What about "most idle" - is it bad English? :)

No, I fear it implies an optimality that we can't deliver. :)
-Chris


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