From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Vetter Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] make struct drm_mm_node embeddable Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:54:28 +0100 Message-ID: <20101115205428.GA3469@viiv.ffwll.ch> References: <1289583401-16605-1-git-send-email-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> <4CE0E815.3000908@shipmail.org> <20101115194512.GB3484@viiv.ffwll.ch> <4CE19AAE.7080805@shipmail.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.ffwll.ch (cable-static-49-187.intergga.ch [157.161.49.187]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AE829ED67 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:51:23 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CE19AAE.7080805@shipmail.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dri-devel-bounces+sf-dri-devel=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces+sf-dri-devel=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: Thomas Hellstrom Cc: Daniel Vetter , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.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 -- Daniel Vetter Mail: daniel@ffwll.ch Mobile: +41 (0)79 365 57 48