On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 06:34:20PM -0300, Paulo Zanoni wrote: > This reverts commit 0ffb0ff283cca16f72caf29c44496d83b0c291fb. > > Technology has evolved and now we have eDP panels with 3200x1800 > resolution. In the meantime, the BIOS guys didn't change the default > 32mb for stolen memory. And we can't assume our users will be able to > increase the default stolen memory size to more than 32mb - I'm not > even sure all BIOSes allow that. > > So just the fbcon buffer alone eats 22mb of my stolen memroy, and due > to the BDW/SKL restriction of not using the last 8mb of stolen memory, > all that's left for FBC is 2mb! Since fbcon is not the coolest feature > ever, I think it's better to save our precious stolen resource to FBC > and the other guys. > > Besides, neither the original commit message nor the review comments > showed any arguments in favor of actually allocating fbcon from > stolen. Pardon? -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
