[Nouveau] [Bug 14922] New: start X with nouveau uses a lot of memory

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14922

           Summary: start X with nouveau uses a lot of memory
           Product: xorg
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86-64 (AMD64)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Driver/nouveau
        AssignedTo: nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: oli.huber at gmail.com
         QAContact: xorg-team at lists.x.org


Created an attachment (id=14985)
 --> (http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=14985)
some tests

I compared memory usage between nouveau and the blob : when I start with
nouveau, it uses ~500M more than with the other. But I can't find where this
memory is gone. No process in the userspace seems to have used it.
 When I kill X, I get my memory back. See the attachment for some figures.

videocard : 7800 GS AGP (256 Mo)
Kernel : 2.6.24-gentoo-r2
X: 1.4.0.90 plus some patches (I'm an gentoo user :  1.4.0.90-r3)
libdrm, x11-drm, mesa, nouveau from git (last build : 09/03/08 in the morning)


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