Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 46/48] drm: Optionally create mm blocks from top-to-bottom

2013-12-08 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Ben Widawsky wrote: > From: Chris Wilson > > Clients like i915 needs to segregate cache domains within the GTT which > can lead to small amounts of fragmentation. By allocating the uncached > buffers from the bottom and the cacheable buffers from the top, we c

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 46/48] drm: Optionally create mm blocks from top-to-bottom

2013-12-06 Thread Ben Widawsky
From: Chris Wilson Clients like i915 needs to segregate cache domains within the GTT which can lead to small amounts of fragmentation. By allocating the uncached buffers from the bottom and the cacheable buffers from the top, we can reduce the amount of wasted space and also optimize allocation o

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 46/48] drm: Optionally create mm blocks from top-to-bottom

2013-12-06 Thread Ben Widawsky
From: Chris Wilson Clients like i915 needs to segregate cache domains within the GTT which can lead to small amounts of fragmentation. By allocating the uncached buffers from the bottom and the cacheable buffers from the top, we can reduce the amount of wasted space and also optimize allocation o