Re: [PATCH 00/12] PPGTT with 48b addressing

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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 05:45:54PM +0000, Michel Thierry wrote:
> These patches rely on "PPGTT dynamic page allocations", currently under review,
> to provide GEN8 dynamic page table support with 64b addresses. As the review
> progresses, these patches may be combined.
> 
> In order expand the GPU address space, a 4th level translation is added, the
> Page Map Level 4 (PML4). This PML4 has 256 PML4 Entries (PML4E), PML4[0-255],
> each pointing to a PDP.
> 
> For now, this feature will only be available in BDW, in LRC submission mode
> (execlists) and when i915.enable_ppgtt=3 is set.
> Also note that this expanded address space is only available for full PPGTT,
> aliasing PPGTT remains 32b.

Any reasons for restricting this to bdw and not just going with gen9+
right away? We could just merge it and then fix fallout or selective
revert when it blows up on chv/skl - those platforms aren't shipping yet,
so regressions aren't too onerous.
-Daniel

> 
> Ben Widawsky (9):
>   drm/i915/bdw: Make pdp allocation more dynamic
>   drm/i915/bdw: Abstract PDP usage
>   drm/i915/bdw: Add dynamic page trace events
>   drm/i915/bdw: Add ppgtt info for dynamic pages
>   drm/i915/bdw: implement alloc/free for 4lvl
>   drm/i915/bdw: Add 4 level switching infrastructure
>   drm/i915/bdw: Generalize PTE writing for GEN8 PPGTT
>   drm/i915: Plumb sg_iter through va allocation ->maps
>   drm/i915: Expand error state's address width to 64b
> 
> Michel Thierry (3):
>   drm/i915/bdw: Support 64 bit PPGTT in lrc mode
>   drm/i915/bdw: Add 4 level support in insert_entries and clear_range
>   drm/i915/bdw: Flip the 48b switch
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c   |  19 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h       |  11 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c   | 624 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h   |  77 ++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c |  17 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c    |   2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h       |   1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h     |  16 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c      | 167 ++++++---
>  9 files changed, 746 insertions(+), 188 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.1.1
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