Re: [PATCH 3/3] gk20a: use NOUVEAU_BO_GART as VRAM domain

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On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 5:23 AM, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/30/2014 12:29 AM, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> GK20A does not have dedicated VRAM, therefore allocating in VRAM can be
>>> sub-optimal and sometimes even harmful. Set its VRAM domain to
>>> NOUVEAU_BO_GART so all objects are allocated in system memory.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>   src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
>>> b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
>>> index ac5823e4a8d5..ad143cd9a140 100644
>>> --- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
>>> +++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
>>> @@ -620,6 +620,16 @@ nvc0_screen_create(struct nouveau_device *dev)
>>>         return NULL;
>>>      pscreen = &screen->base.base;
>>>
>>> +   /* Recognize chipsets with no VRAM */
>>> +   switch (dev->chipset) {
>>> +   /* GK20A */
>>> +   case 0xea:
>>> +      screen->base.vram_domain = NOUVEAU_BO_GART;
>>
>>
>> I think you also want to set vidmem_bindings = 0... although
>> potentially after the |= that's done below. Although I guess that
>> constbuf + command args buf need to be |='d into the sysmem_bindings
>> for this to work out well.
>
>
> Thanks for pointing this out ; I didn't know about vidmem_bindings to be
> honest. Will update and resend.
>
> Apart from this detail, are you ok with the changes brought by these
> patches?

I'm not against them... I do wonder a bit if there isn't some better
way of doing this, but in the absence of such a way, this seems fine.

  -ilia
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