[Pardon for dropping in uninvited] On 15 November 2016 at 18:04, Marek Olšák <mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Immutable metadata (modifiers) stored in the kernel is the only > scalable (and thus usable) solution here. There was an argument > against _mutable_ metadata attached to BOs and the synchronization > hell it can cause, but I've not seen any argument against _immutable_ > metadata. Trying to push the metadata (modifiers) through window > system protocols seems like a horrible idea to me, not just because of > that fact that window system protocols shouldn't care about > driver-specific stuff, but also because of the immense burden once you > realize that you have to fix all window system protocols and KMS apps > because 64 bits of metadata is not enough to support your hardware. > It's clearly not economically sustainable. > Wasn't this one of the things that were [supposed to be] discussed at XDC as part of the gbm2/liballoc ? Not too sure on the topic, so a simple yes/no would be appreciated. -Emil _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
