Is MI_FLUSH_ENABLE bit 12?

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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:42:00 +0000, Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net> wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 04:47:57PM -0800, Eric Anholt wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:48:04 -0800, "Keith Packard" <keithp at keithp.com> wrote:
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> > > Just reading through vol1c.4 of the bspec  this evening and found something odd.
> > > 
> > > Bit 11 of MI_MODE is "Invalidate UHPTR enable".
> > > Bit 12 of MI_MODE is "MI_FLUSH Enable"
> > > 
> > > And, yet, in i915_reg.h:
> > > 
> > > #define MI_MODE		0x0209c
> > > # define VS_TIMER_DISPATCH				(1 << 6)
> > > # define MI_FLUSH_ENABLE				(1 << 11)
> > > 
> > > Are we off-by-one on MI_FLUSH_ENABLE? Seems like this would cause
> > > serious problems...
> > 
> > I think we are.  On the other hand, based on actual behavior plus
> > reading of simulator, I believe that the bit does nothing, regardless.
> 
> I do not think so. We've (Chris, I, and perhaps Jesse?) been through
> this excercise at least twice before, and both times resulted in hangs
> when we switched to bit 12 on Ironlake, not sure about other platforms.

There is no MI_FLUSH enable bit on Ironlake in my copy of the docs.  Bit
12 is MBZ on that hardware.
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