Re: Flat address space with gGTT / ppGTT

2011-06-07 Thread Eric Anholt
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:23:00 -0700, "Segovia, Benjamin" wrote: > Hello all, > > I saw at some point that per-process GTT (ppGTT) may be (or is > already) implemented to handle paging. Right now, I am investigating > some flat space addressing (ab)using surface states. The idea is to > create a su

Flat address space with gGTT / ppGTT

2011-06-07 Thread Eric Anholt
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:23:00 -0700, "Segovia, Benjamin" wrote: > Hello all, > > I saw at some point that per-process GTT (ppGTT) may be (or is > already) implemented to handle paging. Right now, I am investigating > some flat space addressing (ab)using surface states. The idea is to > create a sur

Flat address space with gGTT / ppGTT

2011-06-06 Thread Segovia, Benjamin
Hello all, I saw at some point that per-process GTT (ppGTT) may be (or is already) implemented to handle paging. Right now, I am investigating some flat space addressing (ab)using surface states. The idea is to create a surface state (raw buffer only, this is GPGPU stuff) as big enough to cover

Flat address space with gGTT / ppGTT

2011-06-06 Thread Segovia, Benjamin
Hello all, I saw at some point that per-process GTT (ppGTT) may be (or is already) implemented to handle paging. Right now, I am investigating some flat space addressing (ab)using surface states. The idea is to create a surface state (raw buffer only, this is GPGPU stuff) as big enough to cover