On Mit, 2011-10-12 at 11:35 +0200, Thomas Hellstrom wrote: > Thanks for reviewing, Michel. > On 10/11/2011 05:29 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Die, 2011-10-11 at 15:44 +0200, Thomas Hellstrom wrote: > > > >> The X server has limited throttle support on the server side, > >> but doing this in the client has some benefits: > >> > >> 1) X server throttling is per client. Client side throttling can be done > >> per drawable. > >> > >> 2) It's easier to control the throttling based on what client is run, > >> for example using "driconf". > >> > >> 3) X server throttling requires drm swap complete events. > >> > >> So implement a dri2 throttling extension intended to be used by direct > >> rendering clients. > >> > > I'm on the fence about whether it's better to add a new extension for > > this or to add anything missing to the flush extension instead, as the > > callsites are basically the same. > > > > I agree. What made me favor a new extension was that we'd have to add a > new function anyway, since > we pass more argument. Also the throttling extension will most likely > never be called from AIGLX, since > that would stall the server.
Ah, right. I'm convinced. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
