[Mesa-dev] [RFC] freedreno: import libdrm_freedreno + redesign submit

[Emil Velikov]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 17:19, Rob Clark <robdclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:27 AM Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > NOTE: if bisecting a build error takes you hear, try a clean build.
> > > > There are a bunch of ways things can go wrong if you still have
> > > > libdrm_freedreno cflags.
> > >
> > > Good note!
> > > (and s/hear/here/)
> > >
> > Or to make the note disappear and minimise the chance to even getting
> > here you can try the following:
> >  - patch 1 - dummy copy, mention the sha used as base
> >  - patch 2/3/4 - wire up Autoconf/Android/meson
> >  - patch 5/... - polish (remove freedreno_drmif.h includes and others)
> >
>
> fwiw, I'm not planning to remove libdrm_freedreno any time soon,
> because (a) new libdrm vs old mesa combo, and (b) I do have some other
> small utils that use libdrm_freedreno.  I'm just planning to not
> change it.
>
Fair enough. I guess those tools will not benefit from the reduced CPU
cycled, to warrant a rewrite.

I would greatly appreciate if you can split things as mentioned earlier though.
After all you've used the exact same approach to create the lot.

Thanks
Emil