Acked-by: Maarten Maathuis <[email protected]>

2009/12/28 Michel Dänzer <[email protected]>:
> On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 13:27 +0100, Maarten Maathuis wrote:
>> Why does it help to allocate the sys_ptr up front, why does that avoid
>> migration (i would except sys_ptr to be allocated when needed)?
>
> If the system copy is only allocated on a software fallback, the GPU
> copy still needs to be read back at that point. The purpose of all this
> code is to avoid that by keeping both copies in sync all the time.
>
>
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> Earthling Michel Dänzer           |                http://www.vmware.com
> Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer
>
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