Re: [PATCH 38/71] drm/i915: Enable render context support for Ironlake (gen5)

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Quoting Chris Wilson (2018-05-03 07:37:24)
> Ironlake does support being able to saving and reloading context specific
> registers between contexts, providing isolation of the basic GPU state
> (as programmable by userspace). This allows userspace to assume that the
> GPU retains their state from one batch to the next, minimising the
> amount of state it needs to reload, or manually save and restore.
> 
> v2: Fix off-by-one in reading CXT_SIZE, and add a comment that the
> CXT_SIZE and context-layout do not match in bspec, but the difference is
> irrelevant as we overallocate the full page anyway (Ville).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Kenneth has landed the mesa component of enabling logical contexts for
gen4/gen5, thanks! So this looks ready to attempt a landing...
-Chris
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