[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 3/3] gk20a: use NOUVEAU_BO_GART as VRAM domain

[Alexandre Courbot]

On 10/30/2014 12:29 AM, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com> wrote:
>> GK20A does not have dedicated VRAM, therefore allocating in VRAM can be
>> sub-optimal and sometimes even harmful. Set its VRAM domain to
>> NOUVEAU_BO_GART so all objects are allocated in system memory.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com>
>> ---
>>   src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
>> index ac5823e4a8d5..ad143cd9a140 100644
>> --- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
>> +++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
>> @@ -620,6 +620,16 @@ nvc0_screen_create(struct nouveau_device *dev)
>>         return NULL;
>>      pscreen = &screen->base.base;
>>
>> +   /* Recognize chipsets with no VRAM */
>> +   switch (dev->chipset) {
>> +   /* GK20A */
>> +   case 0xea:
>> +      screen->base.vram_domain = NOUVEAU_BO_GART;
>
> I think you also want to set vidmem_bindings = 0... although
> potentially after the |= that's done below. Although I guess that
> constbuf + command args buf need to be |='d into the sysmem_bindings
> for this to work out well.

Thanks for pointing this out ; I didn't know about vidmem_bindings to be 
honest. Will update and resend.

Apart from this detail, are you ok with the changes brought by these 
patches?

Cheers,
Alex.