From: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
To: Thomas Hellstrom <thomas@shipmail.org>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] make struct drm_mm_node embeddable
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:54:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101115205428.GA3469@viiv.ffwll.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CE19AAE.7080805@shipmail.org>
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 09:40:14PM +0100, Thomas Hellstrom wrote:
> >Hence I think that drivers with extremely specific needs should roll their
> >own allocator. So I don't think we should anticipate different allocator
> >algorithms. I see driver-specific stuff more in the area of clever
> >eviction algorithms - i915 is currently at 5 lru's for gtt mapped bos, and
> >we're still adding.
> >
> >
>
> Yes, I agree. My point was merely that one should think twice before
> embedding
> drm_mm objects in generic buffer objects intended also for drivers
> with special needs.
Ok, I see. Looks like I've slightly shot over the mark here ;-) As I've
said, I don't have any immediate plans to create havoc in ttm. And if I
start doing so, I'll do it in (hopefully) incrementally useful steps.
> Thanks,
> Thomas
Thanks, Daniel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-15 20:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-12 17:36 [PATCH 0/9] make struct drm_mm_node embeddable Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 1/9] drm/nouveau: don't munge in drm_mm internals Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 2/9] drm: mm: track free areas implicitly Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 3/9] drm: mm: extract node insert helper functions Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 4/9] drm: mm: add api for embedding struct drm_mm_node Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 5/9] drm/i915: embed struct drm_mm_node into struct drm_i915_gem_object Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 6/9] drm/i915: kill obj->gtt_offset Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 7/9] drm/i915: kill gtt_list Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 8/9] drm: mm: add helper to unwind scan state Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:36 ` [PATCH 9/9] drm/i915: use drm_mm_for_each_scanned_node_reverse helper Daniel Vetter
2010-11-12 17:56 ` [PATCH 0/9] make struct drm_mm_node embeddable Chris Wilson
2010-11-15 7:58 ` Thomas Hellstrom
2010-11-15 19:45 ` Daniel Vetter
2010-11-15 20:40 ` Thomas Hellstrom
2010-11-15 20:54 ` Daniel Vetter [this message]
2010-11-14 14:03 Sedat Dilek
2010-11-14 14:38 ` Chris Wilson
2010-11-14 15:52 ` Sedat Dilek
2010-11-14 16:13 ` Daniel Vetter
2010-11-14 16:56 ` Sedat Dilek
2010-11-14 17:14 ` Daniel Vetter
2010-11-14 17:27 ` Sedat Dilek
2010-11-14 17:52 ` Sedat Dilek
2010-11-14 18:14 ` Daniel Vetter
2010-11-14 18:19 ` Sedat Dilek
2010-11-14 18:31 ` Sedat Dilek
2010-11-14 18:54 ` Daniel Vetter
2010-11-14 19:55 ` Sedat Dilek
2010-11-15 10:31 Sedat Dilek
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