Re: i915: wait for buffer idle before writing relocations

2007-12-10 Thread Keith Whitwell
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dri-devel Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:44:44 PM Subject: Re: i915: wait for buffer idle before writing relocations [...] I think the interesting usage that you point out is where the application "knows" that a wait isn't necessary as the previously r

Re: i915: wait for buffer idle before writing relocations

2007-12-10 Thread Keith Packard
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:27 +, Keith Whitwell wrote: > OK, it sounds like you're talking about situations where the driver is > modifying state in buffers *only* through changes to the relocations? Yes, although I also don't expect this to be common. > It's probably not surprising the fenc

Re: i915: wait for buffer idle before writing relocations

2007-12-10 Thread Keith Whitwell
Keith Packard wrote: > On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 11:15 +, Keith Whitwell wrote: >> Keith, >> >> Thomas has just left for two weeks of (well deserved!) holiday, so he >> may be slow to respond. > > Thanks for taking the time to have a look while he's away; we're > finishing up the 965 TTM work, an

Re: i915: wait for buffer idle before writing relocations

2007-12-08 Thread Eric Anholt
On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 11:15 +, Keith Whitwell wrote: > Keith, > > Thomas has just left for two weeks of (well deserved!) holiday, so he > may be slow to respond. > > In the meantime, have you considered how this will interact with > userspace buffer pools? I know you guys aren't using them

Re: i915: wait for buffer idle before writing relocations

2007-12-07 Thread Keith Packard
On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 11:15 +, Keith Whitwell wrote: > Keith, > > Thomas has just left for two weeks of (well deserved!) holiday, so he > may be slow to respond. Thanks for taking the time to have a look while he's away; we're finishing up the 965 TTM work, and it is posing some challenges

Re: i915: wait for buffer idle before writing relocations

2007-12-07 Thread Keith Whitwell
Keith, Thomas has just left for two weeks of (well deserved!) holiday, so he may be slow to respond. In the meantime, have you considered how this will interact with userspace buffer pools? I know you guys aren't using them at this point, but I'm of the opinion that they are an important faci