[Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t 01/10] gem_wsim: Rip out userspace balancing
Chris Wilson
chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Thu Jun 18 07:14:34 UTC 2020
Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2020-06-17 17:01:11)
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>
> Evaluation of userspace load balancing options was how this tool started
> but since we have settled on doing it in the kernel.
>
> Tomorrow we will want to update the tool for new engine interfaces and all
> this legacy code will just be a distraction.
>
> Rip out everything not related to explicit load balancing implemented via
> context engine maps and adjust the workloads to use it.
Hmm, if this is on the table, should we also then restrict
load-balancing wsim to gen11+ so that we can use the timed loops rather
nop batches? That would be a huge selling point, and I'll just keep an
old checkout around for nop load balancing with all the trimmings.
-Chris
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