[Mesa-dev] GBM and the Device Memory Allocator Proposals

[Nicolai Hähnle]

On 30.11.2017 19:52, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 4:21 AM, Nicolai Hähnle <nhaehnle at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 30.11.2017 01:09, Miguel Angel Vico wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to me that $new_thing should grow as a separate thing whether
>>>>> it ends up replacing GBM or GBM internals are somewhat rewritten on top
>>>>> of it. If I'm reading you both correctly, you agree with that, so in
>>>>> order to move forward, should we go ahead and create a project in fd.o?
>>>>>
>>>>> Before filing the new project request though, we should find an
>>>>> appropriate name for $new_thing. Creativity isn't one of my strengths,
>>>>> but I'll go ahead and start the bikeshedding with "Generic Device
>>>>> Memory Allocator" or "Generic Device Memory Manager".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> liballoc - Generic Device Memory Allocator ... seems reasonable to me..
>>>
>>>
>>> Cool. If there aren't better suggestions, we can go with that. We
>>> should also namespace all APIs and structures. Is 'galloc' distinctive
>>> enough to be used as namespace? Being an 'r' away from gralloc maybe
>>> it's a bit confusing?
>>
>>
>> libgalloc with a galloc prefix seems fine.
>>
> 
> I keep reading "galloc" as "gralloc".. I suspect that will be
> confusing.  Maybe libgal/gal_.. or just liballoc/al_?

True, but liballoc is *very* generic.

libimagealloc?
libsurfacealloc?
contractions thereof?

Cheers,
Nicolai

> 
> BR,
> -R
> 
>>


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