Hi James, On 21 November 2017 at 01:11, James Jones <jajo...@nvidia.com> wrote:
> -I have also heard some general comments that regardless of the relationship > between GBM and the new allocator mechanisms, it might be time to move GBM > out of Mesa so it can be developed as a stand-alone project. I'd be > interested what others think about that, as it would be something worth > coordinating with any other new development based on or inside of GBM. > Having a GBM frontend is one thing I've been pondering as well. Regardless of exact solution wrt the new allocator, having a clear frontend/backend separation for GBM will be beneficial. I'll be giving it a stab these days. Disclaimer: Mostly thinking out loud, so please take the following with grain of salt. On the details wrt the new allocator project, I think that having a new lean library would be a good idea. One could borrow ideas from GBM, but by default no connection between the two should be required. That might lead to having a the initial hurdle of porting a bit harder, but it will allow for more efficient driver implementation. HTH Emil _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
