[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3] drm/i915: Pin the ifbdev for the info->system_base GGTT mmapping

2015-11-20 Thread Chris Wilson
A long time ago (before 3.14) we relied on a permanent pinning of the ifbdev to lock the fb in place inside the GGTT. However, the introduction of stealing the BIOS framebuffer and reusing its address in the GGTT for the fbdev has muddied waters and we use an inherited fb. However, the inherited

Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3] drm/i915: Pin the ifbdev for the info->system_base GGTT mmapping

2015-11-20 Thread Jesse Barnes
On 11/20/2015 06:34 AM, Chris Wilson wrote: > A long time ago (before 3.14) we relied on a permanent pinning of the > ifbdev to lock the fb in place inside the GGTT. However, the > introduction of stealing the BIOS framebuffer and reusing its address in > the GGTT for the fbdev has muddied waters