[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 1/4] gallium/dri: Allow drivers to support DRI Image v7

[Dave Airlie]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Jose Fonseca <jfonseca at vmware.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof at ubuntu.com>
>>
>> This is only exposed by drivers wich support the new PIPE_CAP_PRIME
>> parameter,
>> for PRIME import/export.
>
> What does exactly PIPE_CAP_PRIME entail? Please document it.

Also why is it needed at all?

pipe drivers should be able to render to/from any buffer the winsys
can hand it I don't think we need special treatment here, maybe just
have the generic code ask the generic kernel cap for prime support.

Dave.
Dave.