[PATCH] nouveau: Add irq waiting as alternative to busywait

2012-07-14 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
Hey, Op 14-07-12 00:56, Maarten Maathuis schreef: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Maarten Lankhorst > wrote: >> A way to trigger an irq will be needed for optimus support since >> cpu-waiting isn't always viable there. This could also be nice for >> power saving on since cpu would no longer h

Re: [PATCH] nouveau: Add irq waiting as alternative to busywait

2012-07-14 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
Hey, Op 14-07-12 00:56, Maarten Maathuis schreef: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Maarten Lankhorst > wrote: >> A way to trigger an irq will be needed for optimus support since >> cpu-waiting isn't always viable there. This could also be nice for >> power saving on since cpu would no longer h

[PATCH] nouveau: Add irq waiting as alternative to busywait

2012-07-14 Thread Maarten Maathuis
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Maarten Lankhorst wrote: > A way to trigger an irq will be needed for optimus support since > cpu-waiting isn't always viable there. This could also be nice for > power saving on since cpu would no longer have to spin, and > performance might improve slightly on c

[PATCH] nouveau: Add irq waiting as alternative to busywait

2012-07-13 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
A way to trigger an irq will be needed for optimus support since cpu-waiting isn't always viable there. This could also be nice for power saving on since cpu would no longer have to spin, and performance might improve slightly on cpu-limited workloads. Some way to quantify these effects would be n

Re: [PATCH] nouveau: Add irq waiting as alternative to busywait

2012-07-13 Thread Maarten Maathuis
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Maarten Lankhorst wrote: > A way to trigger an irq will be needed for optimus support since > cpu-waiting isn't always viable there. This could also be nice for > power saving on since cpu would no longer have to spin, and > performance might improve slightly on c

[PATCH] nouveau: Add irq waiting as alternative to busywait

2012-07-13 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
A way to trigger an irq will be needed for optimus support since cpu-waiting isn't always viable there. This could also be nice for power saving on since cpu would no longer have to spin, and performance might improve slightly on cpu-limited workloads. Some way to quantify these effects would be n