Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Use MLC (l3$) for context objects

2013-04-08 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 07:57:40AM -0700, Kenneth Graunke wrote: > On 04/08/2013 06:28 AM, Chris Wilson wrote: > >Enabling context support increases SwapBuffers latency by about 20% > >(measured on an i7-3720qm). We can offset that loss slightly by enabling > >faster caching for the contexts. As th

Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Use MLC (l3$) for context objects

2013-04-08 Thread Kenneth Graunke
On 04/08/2013 06:28 AM, Chris Wilson wrote: Enabling context support increases SwapBuffers latency by about 20% (measured on an i7-3720qm). We can offset that loss slightly by enabling faster caching for the contexts. As they are not backed by any particular cache (such as the sampler or render c

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Use MLC (l3$) for context objects

2013-04-08 Thread Chris Wilson
Enabling context support increases SwapBuffers latency by about 20% (measured on an i7-3720qm). We can offset that loss slightly by enabling faster caching for the contexts. As they are not backed by any particular cache (such as the sampler or render caches) our only option is to select the generi

Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Use MLC (l3$) for context objects

2012-07-19 Thread Eric Anholt
Chris Wilson writes: > Enabling context support increases SwapBuffers latency by about 20% > (measured on an i7-3720qm). We can offset that loss slightly by enabling > faster caching for the contexts. As they are not backed by any > particular cache (such as the sampler or render caches) our only

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Use MLC (l3$) for context objects

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Wilson
Enabling context support increases SwapBuffers latency by about 20% (measured on an i7-3720qm). We can offset that loss slightly by enabling faster caching for the contexts. As they are not backed by any particular cache (such as the sampler or render caches) our only option is to select the generi