Re: Synchronization framework

2012-06-08 Thread Erik Gilling
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Maarten Lankhorst wrote: > I do agree you need some way to synch userspace though, but I > think adding a new api for userspace is not the way to go. I'm not sure I understand how you propose to expose the functionality to userspace in a way that does not depend o

Re: Synchronization framework

2012-06-07 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
Hey Erik, Op 07-06-12 19:35, Erik Gilling schreef: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Maarten Lankhorst > wrote: >> I haven't looked at intel and amd, but from a quick glance >> it seems like they already implement fencing too, so just >> some way to synch up the fences on shared buffers seems >>

Re: Synchronization framework

2012-06-07 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
Hey, For intel/nouveau hybrid graphics I'm interested in this since it would allow me to synchronize between intel and nvidia cards without waiting for rendering to complete. I'm worried about the api though, nouveau and intel already have existing infrastructure to deal with fencing so exposing