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

[Lyude Paul]

On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 14:20 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Nicolai Hähnle <nhaehnle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> libdevicealloc?

libhwalloc

> 
> Alex